Girls aren’t beautiful, they’re pretty. Beautiful is too heavy a word to assign to a girl. Women are beautiful because their faces show that they know, they have lost something and picked up something else.

“I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.” “I'll never forget how the depression and loneliness felt good and bad at the same time. Still does.”

“Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.”

“Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.”

“Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.”

“Girls aren't beautiful, they're pretty. Beautiful is too heavy a word to assign to a girl. Women are beautiful because their faces show that they know they have lost something and picked up something else.”

“Half of life is fucking up, the other half is dealing with it.”

“Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts.”

“I think about the meaning of pain. Pain is personal. It really belongs to the one feeling it. Probably the only thing that is your own. I like mine.”

“I am ready for whatever's coming. I expect nothing but to be let down or turned away. I am alone. Goddamn. The shit hurts sometimes, but I realize what I am, what I have become.”

“It is sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.”

“My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.”

“If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you”

“Do it or don't. It's amazing how many things in life are that easy.”

“Love heals scars love left”

“Knowledge without mileage equals bullshit.”

“I get tired of talking when I want to be silent.”

“I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.”

“Hope is the last thing a person does before they are defeated.”

“When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?”

“Respect is not a one way street”

“When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got?”

“Respect is not a one way street”

“Gay people don't have a personality problem. They have a problem with small-minded motherfuckers who can't conquer a 1-inch high curb.”

“Nothing brings people together more than mutual hatred.”

“Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.”

“I know you’ll never love me but maybe you’ll stay for awhile.”

“My love is a thousand French poets puking black blood on your Cure CD collection.”

“Don't push me I've got a corner at my back I've nowhere to go except over you.”

“Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but i feel more lonely in a crowded room with boring people then i feel on my owm.”

“Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort.”

“A rose trapped inside a fist.”

“I want you bad like a natural disaster. You are all I see. You are the only one I want to know.”

“I’m packed with broken glass and memories and it all hurts.”

“Somewhere, someone isn’t impressed by your looks. Not all men jump through the hoops of your fire. You’re unbelievably boring to more people than you’ll ever know.”

“You can find me in the frozen mood section.”

“I would like to be able to gently drift in and out of existence when I wanted to.”

“Don't hide behind the Constitution or the Bible. If you're against gay marriage, just be honest, put a scarlet 'H' on your shirt, and say, 'I am a homophobe!”

“I am well protected Too locked up Inside myself To get free”

“I got my heart broken. My spirit got shattered and mutilated. I will not be coming back from this. I don’t want to.”

“Anyone who wants to help me doesn't. Anyone who wants to kill me might. Anyone who wants to love me better not.”

“My feelings for you shame me into silence.”

“My dick is a macho shithead but the rest of me is a sensitive, caring and gentle guy.”

“I'll be here tomorrow If I can make it through today.”

“Books are cool, but knowledge without mileage doesn't mean anything to me.”

“Is it a shame that I can’t accept love? Am I too burned out to move towards what will keep me alive or too smart to get pulled into someone else’s world?”

“You can still function as a living ruin.”

“There’s got to be someone for me. It’s not too much to ask. Just someone to be with. Someone to love. Someone to give everything to. Someone.”

“I just want to be able to stand up straight for a little while before I get cut down.”

“The only difference between me and others is that they think they can change something with cute little poems, nice cards or embracing trees and being nice to little lapdogs.”