In truth, it was also by design: as much as I loved my mother, she wasn't often the person I sought for comfort in hard times. She disapproved tacitly of crying.

I found that reading gave me a certain relief – one form of escapism that seemed safe, and maybe more than safe. I felt saner – less fragmented- after reading for an hour.location 3234

To create a word is simple. But to create a world – to think – that’s hard.

People become so obsessed with the future, they make it up.

Sometimes the best way out of darkness is into it.

Language also acts like love in form.

But maybe because I'm from a part of the country where there are more meth labs than drive-throughs, anything harder than cough syrup always makes me nervous.

Solitude is an opportunity to arrest time and convert it into products.

When the weakness of human soul conflict with writer's word, It will create self History.

I've never lost anything, but I have given some things up.

When you say you’re a fan of the gore, what do you mean?”“The all supernatural bunch, love. The scarier the merrier.

Writing lyrics with your wife does lead to talking about yourselves a lot. But this is not an autobiographical account of my personal marriage. It's almost about the marriage of the band.

The greatest curse that can befall a free people, is civil war.

A hundred hundred heartbeats..." whispered Sabriel, tears falling down her face.

If me and my girlfriend were fighting, and it got to the point where she started crying, I would just shut up and hold her.

The fewer the voices on the side of truth, the more distinct and strong must be your own.

Thoughts are but dreams till their effects are tried.