The oppressor is never as free as they think they are
The walls around the hood keep the people on the inside from the changes on the outside.
Some men will take you to the movies. Some will take you to the mountaintop.
there are institutions filled with people who talk to god. we've labeled and drugged them.
The right people make you realize fame and fortune is cool, but small moments of pure freedom is better.
adulthood is depressing. for me at least. i cried at the death of every illusion harder than i cried at the death of friends.
i've never believed in anything or anybody that needed constant praise.
Can't be on the front lines fighting a war with the weapons given to you by the enemy.
She said she wanted to see beautiful things. I took her to where i planted my seeds.
the price you pay for opening your eyes is the easy life you can no longer have. but it becomes worth it.
It's crazy. My life has been full of fun and adventure. but i love meeting people who make me feel like I've done nothing.
The world is full of 'friends' of suicide victims thinking 'if I had only made that drive over there, I could have done something.
The saddest thing about death, whether it's our own or someone we care for, is when the world doesn't stop when we do.
Seemingly suicidal, it's not. I never wanted to live. I wanted to be happy. Living was always accidental.
We have to care what someone thinks of us. We are incapable of seeing ourselves [sometimes].
i didn't call myself a writer until everyone else did. i knew it was real then.