“Personally, I dont like inherently happy people. I dont trust them. I think theres something seriously wrong with anyone who isnt at least a little let down by the world.”

“I can say this because shes my girlfriend, even if, at the moment, shes only my girlfriend in secret - Eliza has one of the worst voices known to man. Swear to God, for someone so obsessed with mus...”

“Tell me what you listen to, and I'll tell you who you are.”

“Has the industry done to music what McDonalds has done to eating?”

“The music defied classification. If I had been writing areview of the show, I would have labeled it progressive,guitar-driven rock n roll. But the guitars made sounds guitarsdidnt always make. Symp...”

“I just happen to comprehend the low standards of the majority of the music-buying public, and I dont care how condescending that sounds, its true. They always go for the shiny gimmicks. Always.”

“Speak with intent so that you can lead with vision.”

“Only when you observe with the intent to understand you will discover the deeper truth.”

“Did you really want to die?""No one commits suicide because they want to die.""Then why do they do it?""Because they want to stop the pain.”

“Pain is not the same as suffering. Left to itself, the body discharges pain spontaneously, letting go of it the moment that the underlying cause is healed. Suffering is pain that we hold on to. It ...”

“In pleasant peace and security How suddenly the soul in a man begins to die He shall look up above the stalled oxen Envying the cruel falcon, And dig under the straw for a stone To bruise himself on.”

“It is amazing, though, what pains your subconscious will undergo in achieve sustainable peace.”

“July 24, 6:03 A.M.The laundry was warm and the rafters were firm, and Michael Holzapfel jumped from the chair as if it were a cliff...Michael Holzapfel knew what he was doing. He killed himself for...”

“A book is a suicide postponed.”

“How much can you really trust the promise of a suicidal father?”