With the aid of a minute correction - that of the dispersing lens - in a gold frame perched on her nose, Miranda can see into hell.

Elisabeth had not had her future and her parents had not had theirs, there was nothing to this so-called future which was always promised to the young.

Miranda doesn't dream, she simply rests. When Miranda's eyes are at ease, her mind is at peace.

...the simple task of getting dressed and undressed was a real strain, but nothing could compare with her addiction to deep sleep...

OKAY. So I was going to the library every Saturday. So what? So what? It's not like I was reading books or anything.

nothing wrong with a lie or two when the situation demanded it

There are three things in this world that will survive a nuclear explosion: Twinkies, cockroaches and Dean Ambroses.

Photography is just light remembering itself.

Of all heroes , Spinoza was Einstein 's greatest. No one expressed more strongly then he a belief in the harmony , the beauty , and most of all the ultimate comprehensibility of nature.

The self-righteous feel no need to be charming, and thus double their offensiveness.

Stairs elevate you; ethics elevates you; goodness elevates you; awareness elevates you; wisdom elevates you.

We're covering all our bases so we can do whatever we want next time. That's how we're looking at it, rather than this just being an endless number of album/tour cycles.

Wicked words are the prelude to wicked deeds.

Life is but sighs; and, when they cease, 'tis over.