A moment is all you can expect from perfection.

Don't do what you want. Do what you don't want. Do what you're trained not to want. Do the things that scare you the most.

When nobody will look at you, you can stare a hole in them. Picking out all the little details you'd never stare long enough to get if they'd even just return your gaze, this, this is your revenge.

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise. I am Jack's Broken Heart.

Fathers. Mothers. With all their caring and attention. They will fuck you up, every time.

That if you could acquire enough, accomplish enough, you’d never want to own or do another thing. That if you could eat or sleep enough, you’d never need more. That if enough people loved you, you’d stop needing love.

some soap opera, you know, real people pretending to be fake people with made-up problems being watched by real people to forget their real problems.