I want to suffer so that I may love.

Killing myself was a matter of such indifference to me that I felt like waiting for a moment when it would make some difference.

how anxiously I yearned for those I had forsaken.

Sorrow compressed my heart, and I felt I would die, and then . . . Well, then I woke up.

I was overpowered by the mere sensation of that dream and it alone survived in my sorely wounded heart.

Feeling my own humiliation in my heart like the sharp prick of a needle.

I saw the truth, I saw and I know that people can be beautiful and happy without losing the ability to live on earth. I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of people.

With love and kindness, grow peace in your mind and then spread it with joy.

I'll love you with all the madness in my soul.

God’s love for the biggest sinner is greater than the love of the holiest man for God

You're always going to sound like yourself, but you can make really strong attempts to keep some similarities, but move away from what you did before for popularity's sake.

We lie in order to tolerate our existence and, most of all, we lie to ourselves.

They say it only takes an instant to have a dream; a dream can be compressed into hardtack.

I think I'm careful. My goal is to try to stay away as much from opinion journalism as possible.

Raising the minimum wage a lot across the board would make a big difference. It's not the only thing, but it's an indispensable part of solving the problem.

Every time I have a political rally I meet some people who say, "I need a job."

When a manager asks for hard data, that's usually just his way of saying no.