“Fame, infamy, they're of the same family.”

“Better to find your own way than to blindly trust the words of others, whoever they are.”

“You mustn't let your emotions get the better of you. There is a great deal to be angry about, but anger doesn't change things.”

“I rather enjoy being contradicted. It forces me to think harder.”

“You are on the side of angels. But even angels fall, sometimes. We all make mistakes; without them we would learn nothing.”

“All beauty has a dark side. Heaven can't exist without hell.”

“The idea was a splinter in my mind. Always there, always stinging,even when I wasn't conscious of it. Even when I wasn't thinking about it.”

“Through pictures, we cut reality in pieces. We selected only the choicest moments, discarding the rest as if they'd never happened.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”

“Romance is the deepest thing in life. It is deeper than reality.”

“when you're a kid, they tell you that it's what's on the inside that counts. Looks don't matter . But that's not true. Guys like Phoebus in The Hunchback, or Dorian, or the old Kyle Kingsbury-- the...”

“Every concept of reality is all in our head, belief is what makes truth.”