I think words operate like musical notes that the eyeball hears.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there.

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

If you are focused on your calling, the efforts of any adversary will prove powerless

I know you may feel so far that circumstances have directed your path, but right now I want you to know that you do have a choice.

Do not offer help to those who do not want to help themselves.

I am the baby in the family, and I always will be. I am actually very happy to have that position. But I still get teased. I don't mind that.

The fact that people are embracing me so well as a new artist and being taken so seriously is something I'm really surprised by.

School teachers, taking them by and large, are probably the most ignorant and stupid class of men in the whole group of mental workers.

I started writing plays, but the fact that plays don't last forever was too much for me to bear.

Etiquette requires us to admire the human race.

The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.

Money stress is what used to remind me of my Dad most.