Jake was close to tears. In that moment he saw the world in its true light, as a place where nothing had ever been any good and nothing of significance done: no art worth a second look, no philosophy of the slightest appositeness, no law but served the state, no history that gave an inkling of how it had been and what had happened. And no love, only egotism, infatuation and lust.

I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.

H. L. Mencken

If I'd listened to customers, I'd have given them a faster horse.

Henry Ford

We do not want merely to see beauty... we want something else which can hardly be put into words- to be united with the beauty we see, to pass into it, to receive it into ourselves, to bathe in it, to become part of it. That is why we have peopled air and earth and water with gods and goddesses, and nymphs and elves.

C.S. Lewis

The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.

Confucius

Nothing can throw thee into the infernal abyss so much as this detested word -- heed well! -- this mine and thine.

Angelus Silesius

As far as humor goes, I've always been a very insecure person and I've always wanted to be liked.

Peter Steele

Death may be the greatest of all human blessings.

Socrates

I sometimes think my head is so large because it is so full of dreams.

Joseph Merrick

I'm probably something like 95% chicken nugget

Jeff Kinney

I need you in front of me, saying my name, saying to me... I choose the way you areYou, the way you are

Brandon Boyd

The main condition for the achievement of love is the overcoming of one's narcissism. The narcissistic orientation is one in which one experiences as real only that which exists within oneself, while the phenomena in the outside world have no reality in themselves, but are experienced only from the viewpoint of their being useful or dangerous to one. The opposite pole to narcissism is objectivity; it is the faculty to see other people and things , objectively, and to be able to separate this picture from a picture which is formed by one's desires and fears.

Erich Fromm

I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.

Ted Turner