“Maybe becoming a monster is a sign of strength.”

“After puberty, you look to one sex for more than friendship and to the other for less-than-complete intimacy.”

“Also, serial killers, child killers, theyre hot, theyre the new cool kids, the new vampires, the new zombies, everybodys favourite spook monster.”

“Otherwise the silence in the room was profound, the silence of places Brian had not yet been: gazing at the lifeless body of a beloved, the echo of a lost illusion, the tinnitus of betrayal.”

“Theres nothing that makes an artist more beloved than the audience pitying him because his work comes at a price they would never pay.”

“Sooner or later everyone is defeated by their desires.”

“The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things.”

“But instead of spending our lives running towards our dreams, we are often running away from a fear of failure or a fear of criticism.”

“The ugliest government is the one which is spreading fear to its own people! The finest government is the one which encourages its own people to criticize the government harshly.”