When you acknowledge that there is nothing repulsive or unforgivable or shameful about yourself, it becomes easier to be that authentic person and feel like you're living a less performed life.

If you don't live a life in service of a greater good, you've gotta at least die a death in service of a greater good, you know? And I fear that I won't get either a life or a death that means anything.

weltschmerz: its the depression you feel when the world as it is does not line up with the world as you think it should be.

The pure and simple truth Is rarely pure and never simple. What's a boy to do When lies and truth are both sinful?

You know, like when you look in the mirror and the thing you see is not the thing as it really is.

All at once, I couldn’t figure out why I was methodically tossing a spherical object through a toroidal object. It seemed like the stupidest thing I could possibly be doing.

The preciousness of the moment, which should make it easier to talk, makes it harder.