As long as you gave it your best shot, even if in the opinion of others 'you failed,' you didn't fail.
Ideas are bulletproof.
I wouldn’t be the person I am today if it wasn’t for the opportunities the library gave me.
There is an inverse relationship between imagination and money.
I think that the Occupy movement is, in one sense, the public saying that they should be the ones to decide who's too big to fail.
There is some confusion as to what magic actually is. I think this can be cleared up if you just look at the very earliest descriptions of magic. Magic in its earliest form is often referred to as “the art”. I believe this is completely literal. I believe that magic is art and that art, whether it be writing, music, sculpture, or any other form is literally magic.
Love your rage, not your cage.
It is one thing to be in the proximity of death, to know more or less what she is, and it is quite another thing to seek her.
Naming things, breaking through taboos and denial is the most dangerous, terrifying, and crucial work. This has to happen in spite of political climates or coercions, in spite of careers being won or lost, in spite of the fear of being criticized, outcast, or disliked. I believe freedom begins with naming things. Humanity is preserved by it.
They say I'm greedy, but I still want more, cause my eyes want to journey.
Men like to squash you. I just want someone who's happy with himself, happy with his life. He doesn't have to squash mine.