I felt like I was living two lives. One in the present and one in the past.

I no longer knew what was real and what wasn’t. The lines between reality and delusion had become so blurred.

Things are not as they seem. You do not understand. There is no escape. This is all there is.” I had never seen eyes filled with so much sadness.

She brushed the tears from their faces and sang them a melancholy lullaby. Her obvious devotion to her daughters pulled at my heart strings, making my chest ache with longing for my own mother.

Hesitating, I stood in the doorway to the room holding the proof of my sin.

Nausea and panic rose in my throat. I had killed a man.

The poker fell from my trembling hands as my entire body shook with reaction. I fell to my knees, pressed my hands to my face and began to sob. What had I done?

I wanted to soothe and comfort her, the way she had comforted her daughters.

No Son [. . .] Not a traitor to your country. Much worse. A traitor to your soul.

Your voice is your identity. If you don't use it, your halfway to Asphodel already.

The spiritual path is an inward journey. On the spiritual path, the external life remains the same, but you begin the inward journey towards the truth.

I was in fashion school, my brother has a law background, and my sister-in-law had worked in production, but none of us had a proper fashion business education.

Human beings are of such nature that they should have not only material facilities but spiritual sustenance as well. Without spiritual sustenance, it is difficult to get and maintain peace of mind.

I often can't remember which scenes are and aren't in the final product, because I saw so many different versions of the Lemony Snicket that I forget which ended up on the cutting-room floor.

When I sit near the ocean in the morning and write my verses and breathe the salty wind which is coming from the water, I rejoice in God and I am blissful, as I was as a child.

I wear heels. It's not for a fashion statement, it's... ammunition.

It's about taking everything you thought was true and throwing it out the window. It's about embracing life's unpredictability, letting go of boundaries, and starting over

You don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies.