Actions have consequences... first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions.

I have never yet figured out what to do about good advice that you get, and that you know right away would help you, but that you cannot follow.

Actions have consequences... first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions.

This is writing. You cut out chunks of your own memories, rework them, bleed into them, breathe into the raw clay, and hope the creature lives.

The only place you will be accepted is the place you make for yourself.

Willful ignorance and endless laws become the replacement for self-education and self-restraint, because ignorance and laws are easy.

Guilt is a good friend, isn't it? It will stand at your back when every other friend has abandoned you, and in the face of all reason it will stay by your side, and even when you tell it, "I am moving on now," it will say, "I shall never leave you; never." If only I could find a lover as faithful as guilt.