“You will either profit by or pay for what your children become. raise them properly.”

“If you teach your children how to bully, or do nothing to stop them, teach them also how to die for their cause.”

“We are not sure what we will become, only what we want to and don’t want to. We often become what we never thought we could, then we become fine with that.”

“Tell me what you’re looking for and i will become that for you. I can sacrifice my inner freedoms for you without looking twice at my old journals and solid promises I made to myself about such things. But you must be prepared to kill me when the smiles are no longer frequent. Do it while I sleep. While I hold your hand. Do it fast, baby. Do it fast.”

“as an artist, one of the toughest things to do is getting someone to understand why you think the way you think. And as much as i don't wanna care what they think about my thinking, it comes down to making them understand or watching them leave.”

“can a woman raise a man alone? yes, but she shouldn't have to.”

“Children teach us how to chase without overrunning.”