These jokes the world plays, they're not funny at all.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Truth is singular. Its 'versions' are mistruths.

...now I'm a spent firework; but at least I've been a firework.

If swans weren't real myths'd make up.

Books don't offer real escape, but they can stop a mind scratching itself raw.

I believe death is only a door. One closes, and another opens. If I were to imagine heaven, I would imagine a door opening. And he would be waiting for me there.

Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just means you're human.

I believe there is another world waiting for us. A better world. And I'll be waiting for you there.

When you don't know what the answer is, you know *Who* the answer is.

The thing about punk is that there are purists. Once you start going outside of that, they don't think what you're doing is punk rock.

The Pretty Lady's brains were almost entirely in her fingers.

My grandparents back in Kentucky owned a tobacco farm. So to make money in the summer we could cut and chop and top and house and strip the tobacco.

Much money makes a Countrey poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.

If you're in a good profession, it's hard to get bored, because you're never finished - there will always be work you haven't done.

I don't have anything to prove anymore. I can relax.

I'll hold on to the world tight some day. I've got one finger on it now; that's a beginning.

Try to sell cold callers something and be very insistent. Works well. Also good for door-to-door sales people, especially if they're wearing poor shoes.

Once I stopped with the excuses, my life has changed. There's no reason for me to lose any more.