The more obscure our tastes, the greater the proof of our genius.

Most of the mess that is called history comes about because kings and presidents cannot be satisfied with a nice chicken and a good loaf of bread.

Stop yelling. If everyone’s yelling, no one can be heard.

I play until my fingers are blue and stiff from the cold, and then I keep on playing. Until I'm lost in the music. Until I am the music--notes and chords, the melody and harmony. It hurts, but it's okay because when I'm the music, I'm not me. Not sad. Not afraid. Not desperate. Not guilty.

I could almost hear the characters inside, murmuring and jostling, impatient for me to open the cover and let them out.

DNA tells you all the secrets of life,’ he used to say. Except for one—how to live it.

I love you, too... I won't ever leave you again. I promise. I kept that promise. For love him I did. For nearly two years I spent almost every waking hour with him. Until he was taken from me. But I never left him. And I never will.