Now I just want it to end. I’ve always wanted the happy ending, but now I’ll just settle for the ending.

Music is everywhere. It’s in the air between us, waiting to be sung.

That's what it felt like - that if I let a little of the hurt out, it would keep pouring out until I was a deflated balloon of a person, with a big monster of hurt in front of me.

Enlightenment is scary. Sometimes things look better in the dark.

I say good-bye to hope, but I also say good-bye to hope's disappointment.

I didn't want to see her. I was desperate to see her. I wanted to hold it together. I wanted to melt down right at her feet and scream, Look what you've done to me.

Part of my music is being alone, having that time to shut down all other noises to hear the tune underneath.

It is a sound like loneliness—enough to let you know you’re there, but not enough to fill you with life.

What are your interests?""Your son in my room, " I said."Excuse me?""The sun and the moon, " I said. "Astronomy.

Maybe fate's arithmetic is so diffuse that it's not arithmetic at all.

He was beautiful in the way that a breeze is beautiful—the kind of beauty you feel gratitude for.

You will realize your life is most peaceful when you actually stop caring or worrying about things and situations you can not change.

I have learned not to worry about love; but to honor its coming with all my heart.

Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.

If you can't use dividends, it's not a bad thing to give it back to your shareholders. They'll use it somewhere else.

People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.

I think wanting to write is a fundamental sign of disease and discomfort. I don't think people who are comfortable want to write.

Everything about my life seemed so perfect to people. But I struggle like everyone else.

Books are a better investment in our future than bullets. Books, not bullets, will pave the path towards peace and prosperity.

While obsessive behavior may be an antisocial plague to societies and communities at large, it's total moxie when lone practitioners catch it.

It is a good thing to stand away from the canvas from time to time and take a full view of the picture.