Sooner or later everyone is defeated by their desires.

Maybe becoming a monster is a sign of strength.

Otherwise the silence in the room was profound, the silence of places Brian had not yet been: gazing at the lifeless body of a beloved, the echo of a lost illusion, the tinnitus of betrayal.

Also, serial killers, child killers, they’re hot, they’re the new cool kids, the new vampires, the new zombies, everybody’s favourite spook monster.

There’s nothing that makes an artist more beloved than the audience pitying him because his work comes at a price they would never pay.

It was always the most striking scene, the best work, the most disturbing emotion and unsettling idea that attracts criticism.

The world is chock-full of monsters.

If you are healthy, be happy.

Do close your mouth. You look like a cow that's being artificially inseminated.

If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.

He (Tommy Pettitte [father] coached me as kid. He bought all the books and videos and tried to learn as much about pitching as he could. But once I was in high school, he never tried to be my coach.

When you look at the media and television, and all this Hollywood stuff, you just judge people.

Our obedience has its origin in God's prior action, and forgetting that truth results in self-righteousness, pride, and despair.

Love cannot be measured over time and space. It is not how long you know each other, it is how well you know each other.

Most things in here don't react well to bullets.

We want to create the purely organic building, boldly emanating its inner laws, free of untruths or ornamentation.