I burst into tears and I cry and cry until it feels as though it is not salt and water being squeezed from my eyes, but blood.

That’s why; he’s worried about how his life is turning out, and he’s lonely, and lonely people are the bitterest of them all

The natural state of the football fan is bitter disappointment, no matter what the score.

What came first – the music or the misery? Did I listen to the music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to the music? Do all those records turn you into a melancholy person?

Definitely avoid going out with ugly girls who say they want to be models. Not because they're ugly, but because they're mad".

Do you ever do that thing where you lie in bed and you can't sleep so you end up writing out recent conversation you've had? So they look like a play?' Well you should. It's fun. I keep them. Look through them, sometimes.

All the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal. ... But with each passing year, and with each whimsical purchase, our libraries become more and more able to articulate who we are, whether we read the books or not.