It’s easy to be yourself in the dark.

I hate how the people who really get you are the ones you can never hold on to for very long. And the ones who don’t understand you at all stick around.

People had an illogical, self-serving rationale when it came to interpreting the behavior of others.

Not returning phone calls is the severest form of torture in the civilized world.

Always live your life with your biography in mind.

Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect.

It's a common feeling for people to feel intermittent antipathy toward individuals they're familiar with.

Within every elaborate lie, a kernel of truth.

He said you couldn't pretend the terrible things in life didn't happen. You can't clean it up. You keep all the refuse and the scars. It's how you learn. And try to make improvements.

Making love to Aurelia was like rummaging through a card catalog in a deserted library, searching for one very obscure, little-read entry on Hungarian poetry.

For every man there exists bait he cannot resist swallowing.

Leadership calls for both wisdom and courage

For some, excavating the past isn’t an adventure, it’s more akin to tearing a Band-Aid off an open wound.

But I am not allowed to forgetThe taste of the tears of yesterday.

The smoke from the fire passes through the building and the soot affixes itself to the walls. The smoke passes through the air and keeps going - liberation.

To be bigoted & argue with others, is to subject one's essence of mind to the bitterness of mundane existence.

There is no way to work your way to God. There is no way to climb up to heaven. There is only one way, and that is through Christ.

Set the goal and work all days for it, until you achieve, I want to be a champion, the best!

You may admire a girl's curves on the first introduction, but the second meeting shows up new angles.

I'm a seeker. I'm very much a believer in science. But I do think there are times when science and mysticism intersect.

I'm sure the audience could see me trembling. I want to do more live work; my next goal is to shake the fear.