"the idea is to remain in a state of constant departure while always arriving. saves on introductions and goodbyes." -waking life

"i recall when our lives were unusual and electric. when we burned with something close to fire. but now we sway to a different rhythm. lives lived without meaning or even directed hope. the passage of time measured only by loss." -the united states of leland

"ordinary life does not interest me. i seek only the high moments. i am in accord with the surrealists, searching for the marvelous." -anaïs nin

"i had to learn, as i soon did, that one must give up everything and not do anything else but write that one must write and write and write, even if everybody in the world advises you against it, even if nobody believes you. perhaps one does it because nobody believes; perhaps the real secret lies in making people believe." -henry miller