“Time and distance have a way of playing tricks with your best intentions.”

“The sad thing is, people don't want to believe that the person they're in love with is out of his mind, drinking and using, so if you give them even half an excuse, they're going to want to believe it.”

“I'm still a little bent, a little crooked, but all things considered, I can't complain.”

“I knew there was never anyone to blame when people get into drugs. They're always responsible for their own behavior, and it's not the dealer, it's not the friend, it's not the bad influence, it's not the childhood.”

“One of the better definitions of insanity - doing the exact same thing over and over and expecting the result to be different.”

“A certain amount of volatility and drama can me healthy and keep things fun and interesting if you're willing at any moment during a fight to say, 'This means nothing. I love you, let's forget about it.”

“It was because all we wanted was each other's constant love and attention and for no one else to receive that love and attention, which is a selfish and difficult place to be in a relationship. We were emotionally retarded, and that was the best we could do at the time.”

“I didn't care if he was a genius or a fucking idiot, he was rotting away, and it wasn't fun to watch.”

“Even as the words came out of my mouth, my heart was dying a million deaths.”

“Once you've seen a solution to the disease that's tearing you apart, relapsing is never fun.”

“That's a spiritual lifestyle, being willing to admit that you don't know everything and that you were wrong about some things. It's about making a list of all the people you've harmed, either emotionally or physically or financially, and going back and making amends. That's a spiritual lifestyle. It's not a fluffy ethereal concept.”

“When I looked into her eyes, I saw an invisible spirit of something that I already loved.”

“Adolescence is such a fun time in your life, because you think you know it all, and you haven’t gotten to the point where you realize that you know almost nothing.”

“Every true artist is at war with the world.”

“Just the kind of girl I liked—the weirdo in the bunch.”

“I've wanted to feel pleasure to the point of insanity. They call it getting high, because it's wanting to know that higher level, that godlike level. You want to touch the heavens, you want to feel glory and euphoria, but the trick is it takes work. You can't buy it, you can't get it on a street corner, you can't steal it or inject it or shove it up your ass, you have to earn it.”

Когда я начал сдавать позиции, отчаялся и попытался изолироваться, я перестал отвечать на звонки. Время от времени я проверял почту и находил там открытку с изображением индейца-воина. На обратной стороне Глория писала: "Никогда не сдавайся. Ты боец, и ты победишь то, против чего восстал. Я верю в тебя. Я никогда тебя не забуду, но и ты не забывай себя". Я прочитал это, сидя на кухне, и подумал: "Есть человек, который верит, что я выиграю эту битву".

В доме не было мебели и я не знал, как оплатить электричество, поэтому я пошёл и купил пять арбузов и кучу свечей.

... музыка сама по себе бесцветна, но медиа и радио станции окрашивают её, основываясь на собственных пониманиях и желаниях.