Because the truth is that gossip is as good as gospel in this town. You can save face but you won't ever save your soul. And that's a fact.

i keep drinking the ink from my pen and i'm balancing history books up on my head but it all boils down to one quotable phrase if you love something give it away

It's in vogue to have a cause and give money in charity. But to actually speak up and say something like, I'm pissed about this" - that doesn't seem to be very popular unless you're writing a blog or tweeting.

They say it's better to bury your sadness in a graveyard or garden that waits for the spring to wake from its sleep and burst into green.

The drunk kids, the catholics They're all about the same They're waiting for something Hoping to be saved

You should never be embarrassed by your trouble with living, because it's the ones with the sorest throats who have done the most singing.

I like science fiction. Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and Vonnegut, and I really like Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale. And you know, so much of science fiction has to do with predicting what’s to come, so I think that’s really interesting.