“Hate is infectious, but so is love, the difference between the two is one takes effort and the other one doesnt.”

“Let me dream so I can shape the world, let me dream so I can make others dream as well, but do not let me dream my days away; lest I sleep my years away too.”

“My love for you it sings, It cries My love for you it dreams,It wakesMy love for you it gives,It takesMy love for you it lives,But never dies.”

“Understanding life is like trying to put together a puzzle with pieces that don't fit.”

“When I'm depressed I'll lie to myself to make me feel better. But really, it's ok, because depression only sometimes gets the best of me.”

“Loneliness is my worst enemy, but in the end he's usually my only real friend.”

“Most of what is now bitter for our old nature is going to be useful for our nature”

“If you dont take care of the disenfranchised and outcasts of your city, they will come knocking on your door one day with revenge and bitterness”

“Only nurture a broken heart that recognizes it, and is willing to put in the work of minding.”

“She had loved him for such a long time, she thought. How was it that she did now know him at all?”

“Y'all smoke to enjoy it. I smoke to die.”

“Although sex was something they both regarded as perilous, marriage had, by contrast, seemed safe a safe house in a world of danger; the ultimate haven of two solitary, fearful souls. When you were...”

“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 ...”