Since I stopped writing, I read more than ever. Other people's words, not my own - my words are gone.

I just sat there letting that music cover me like a big, cozy blanket.

The thing I realize is, that it's not what you take, it's what you leave.

Sorry wastes time. You have to live your life like you'll never be sorry. It's easier just to do the right thing from the start so there's nothing to apologize for.

It's my experience that people are a lot more sympathetic if they can see you hurting.

We are all alone, trapped in these bodies and our own minds, and whatever company we have in this life is only fleeting and superficial.

Music did that to me, just like God was supposed to, because music seemed both magic and holy.

You need shoving, not pushing. You need to jump back on that camel. Otherwise you're going to stay up on the ledge you've made for yourself.

I do my best thinking at night when everyone else is sleeping. No interruptions. No noise. I like the feeling of being awake when no one else is.

You are all the colors in one, at full brightness.

No more winter at all. Finch, you brought me spring.

Rather than risking feeling disappointed, they’re choosing to live disappointed.

I always wanted a guitar. I always wanted to be a cowboy singer because I also listened to Hank Williams, and he would always sing these neat romantic songs.

To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning.

Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good.

What is masculine and what is feminine, anyway? Why should men not show that they can be fragile or seductive? I am only happy when there is no discrimination.

Sometimes I see really skinny girls. They may look great, but...they're not happy. Have a cupcake.

What I'm trying to do is be as honest as I can, and I don't normally do that.

No blessing lasts forever.

Irony is a qualification of subjectivity.

Two things control man's character; Strength and Pity