We can not improve humanity if everyone is conforming to society's standards. Set your own standard, and find out for yourself.

Don't mistake determination for desperation. Someone who is persistent will stop at nothing to get their way.

Determination goes a long way when pursuing dreams.

All situations can be resolved peaceful. We should advocate for kindness instead of violence.

Some people behind leave a legacy, some leave behind children. Which would you prefer?

If I didn't have enormous dreams, I wouldn't have come this far!

I would rather spend money on something, that fulfills me for eternity. Rather, than something that fulfills me for only an hour or two.

I would have died, before a literary agent ever committed to my book. This is why I chose to empower myself by self publishing.

As a writer, my job is to change your perspective, and make you think outside the box.

I would not be myself without writing.

Writing is the only thing that makes me feel alive.

The greatest conquest is the courage to be yourself.

There isn't music without rhythm

Love is a contradiction... Jace to Clary

I had two speeds, which often varied with my blood alcohol level: fine with whatever, and never, ever satisfied. Where was the balance between these two?

O Death the Healer, scorn thou not, I pray, To come to me: of cureless ills thou art The one physician. Pain lays not its touch Upon a corpse.

the worst wars are religious wars between sects of the same religion or civil wars between brothers of the same race.

Perhaps growing up meant we put our knives away and feigned ignorance of the damage.

I have a band called Sons of the Lawless.

My contributions were many: First clown director, with witty sayings and flashily dressed, now called master of ceremonies.

I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart-the best brain.