“I made the best mistakes. It was not like the sun came up or I stopped crying or I had any more power within me. It was not like all those sensual metaphors of awakening that keep you chained to hope. I still go to bed at night and hate—and hate knowing that the world's a mirror.”

“But remember that in order to symbolize everything to everyone, you will be both loved and hated.”

“Virginia Woolf killed herself. She was a lesbian—or maybe she was just a woman writer.”

“These guys, my guys, are a bunch of assholes and I have to dig deep to find things about them I like so I can keep their secrets and keep them alive. Then they do these things, they betray me, and I have to let go of the love I worked so hard to find and splatter their brains all over the wall. ”

“I know you’ve done that. I watched you fight with that man and stab him, but what does it feel like? Not just stabbing, but killing someone.” “Feels good. Feels like you’re still alive and your enemy is dead.” - Cage Match”

“That’s what I feel. Really pissed at myself for ruining my life, and… pissed at the world for going on like normal.”

“As the flowers are all made sweeterby the sunshine and the dew,So this old world is made brighterby the lives of folks like you.”