“If athletes could think of SM as sports, they'd understand the acceptance of pain, but they'd always want to know who was winning.”

“Sometimes people think they want to know things, but then they hear the answer and realize they'd prefer to be in the dark.”

“I know what they'd like, they'd like a blank they could fill in. A person already filled in disturbs them terribly.”

“And I don't want the world to see me, Cause I don't think that they'd understand.When everything's made to be broken, I just want you to know who I am.”

“I've always been misrepresented. You know, I could dress in a clown costume and laugh with the happy people but they'd still say I'm a dark personality.”

“Now what good would that have done? They wouldn't know they'd asked a dumb question, but I didn't want to insult them, either. So when they'd ask if I'd read all those books, I'd say, 'Hell, no. Who wants a library full of books you've already read?”