I had reclusive tendencies for a reason, I couldn’t be trusted to live in the world and make decisions on my own.

I didn’t like trusting, I didn’t like setting greater than mild expectations,

My upstairs brain and my downstairs brain engaged in a game of risk and it was downstairs’ turn to roll the dice.

Furthermore, I preferred to only have cravings I could satisfy without the requirement or assistance of another person. This was, after all, the definition of self-reliance.

I was determined to stay off the see-saw of crazy

What he had hoped for was his ruin and what he had feared his salvation.

Don’t live like a CEO when you’re still a sandwich artist.

One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing.

Do not expect to receive the love from someone else you do not give yourself.

I can't just have one painting - I need to cover the wall in paintings. It's the same with my music. I want to mix everything together to create more.

democracy produces both heroes and villains, but it differs from a fascist state in that it does not produce a hero who is a villain.

When we raise one hand to say "bye-bye" we are gesturing that we are going apart from each other, whereas when we join our palms and bow our head, our hearts become closer.

Shared interests are great, but not essential. Shared emotional states are what you're after.

You know how in high school you do these plays and people come up after the show and they're really excited for you? Well, that's what's happening to me right now.

Transition is the natural process of disorientation and reorientation that marks the turning points in the path of growth...transitions are key times in the natural process of self-renewal