You don’t free yourself from duty by running away. That only increases the weight on your shoulders.

The way past despair and false hope is just letting go. It doesn't improve your odds of survival, but it doesn't waste mental energy.

Deliberate choices are the only sacred things in the universe. Everything else is just hydrogen.

Lawyers will always buckle under to something, whether its bribes, violence, court orders, or the weight of their own bullshit.

I hated relying on luck. When it worked, it made me feel so damned eerie.

It is strange how the presence of additional people can make you feel more alone.

Everyone's life is a mess. Everyone's. We all make mistakes . . . and not just little slip-ups. Major mistakes that hurt us and other people.