It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

The beginning is always today.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

I beheld the wretch-the miserable monster whom I had created.

There is something at work in my soul, which I do not understand.

Solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, deathlike solitude.

My dreams were all my own; I accounted for them to nobody; they were my refuge when annoyed - my dearest pleasure when free.

Racial prejudice rotted one's faculties, he said.

Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.

The starting point of all achievement is desire.

I heard a political message in rock music. A liberation message. A message of freedom. I heard it in Elvis' voice.

Sometimes, the word 'voluntary' is a little complicated.

The NSA buys data from private companies, so the private companies are the source of all this stuff.

Cutting pain was a different flavor of hurt. It made it easier not to think about having my body and my family and my life stolen, made it easier not to care... -Wintergirls

No movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad.

I am convinced that we must train not only the head, but the heart and hand as well.

A lot of my friends inspire my style, and they dont even know it.