thought-provoking

That's the worst thing they do to you, to any of you. Whatever those brain lesions are all about, the worst damage is done before they even pick up the knife: You're all brainwashed into believing you're ugly.

We will embarrass our descendants, just as our ancestors embarrass us. This is moral progress.

All my biggest failures began with the smallest compromises.

For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; but in the end she is as bitter as wormword, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death, her steps lay hold of hell

Hatred only tarnishes the soul that carries it.

What we feel is a choice.

Most sane human beings_ chances of being alive in a thousand years_ time are a hundred times higher than their chances of being sincerely happy for at least ten consecutive days.

Any day above ground is a good day. Before you complain about anything, be thankful for your life and the things that are still going well.

For a sane person to sincerely be happy that someone has succeeded, they have to either be profiting or likely to profit from that person__ success, or be that person.

If you had to pack your whole life into a suitcase-not just the practical things, like clothing, but the memories of the people you had lost and the girl you had once been-what would you take?

If people can't stand being alone, they have no choice but to die

We lost weight and grew thin. We stopped bleeding. We stopped dreaming. We stopped wanting.

And so it goes. And so it goes. And so it goes. And so it goes goes goes goes goes tick tock tick tock tick tock and one day we no longer let time serve us, we serve time and we are slaves of the schedule, worshipers of the sun's passing, bound into a life predicated on restrictions because the system will not function if we don't keep the schedule tight.

Sometimes an outside perspective is the clearer perspective.