Life is passing you by as you speak, you're on a path and you're all on the same path toward death.

It bothers me that no one has the patience to deal with someone who is just sad.

I think if I were living in a utopian world, then it wouldn't be political commentary; it would be about daffodils.

It's a strange life... you really don't know how you will impact people or how things will play out.

Being alive and understanding that and making the decision to actually live take a lot of courage.

Sometimes it's better to live through someone's work than the person themselves, and to realise that every human being is flawed, but through art they can be perfect.

I just write what comes to me. I didn't sit down and say ok, here is my statement. It's just a song that has a shout out.

Generally I try to read anything but indie rock journalism or anything about music at all, especially in the summer.

The writing process is very much like being in a dark tunnel, and you don't really know what you will end up with until you have created it.

Until the day we die, our lives are unwritten, which is sometimes a terrifying thought.

It's not my fault that people are perverts.

The Saviour, sacrifice his life as offering for sin.

When you're in college you haven't had that much life. Parents, school, assorted youth activities—that's about it.

Society can only pursue its normal course by means of a certain progression of changes.

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm.

LINEN, n. "A kind of cloth the making of which, when made of hemp, entails a great waste of hemp."

stoicism and silence does not serve us nor our communities, only the forces of things as they are.

Hunger is almost like something the West does. It's almost like the direct result of the way the West performs.

Gratitude is a discipline, not an emotion.

If I'm in danger then it's usually my fault and it's up to me to get myself out of it. I am not in it just to get an adrenalin rush. No way!

I learned that strength, like height, is measured by who you're standing next to.