"Unless we take care to clear the first principles of knowledge from the incumbrance and delusion of words, we may make infinite reasonings upon them to no purpose. We may deduce consequences, and never be the wiser."

“I've lived in Paris. I've lived in the Slovak Republic. I've spent extensive time in England, and I've traveled all over Europe.”

Source : "Romany Malco Talks THINK LIKE A MAN, A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN, UNSUPERVISED, and His YouTube Series". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. April 19, 2012.

“books are like confort food without the calories”

“But maybe she should turn the other way while I get dressed. Wouldn't want to ruin her for other men. - Dean”

“The real triumph of civilization is the extent to which coercion is banished from human relations.”

“I was always willing to take a great deal of the burden of getting along in life on my own shoulders, but I wasn't willing to give myself a pat on the back. I was always looking to somebody else to give me that. .. That was all wrong.”

“An illustration is a visual editorial - its just as nuanced. Everything that goes into it is a call you make: every color, every line weight, every angle.”

Source : "Charles Blow on Masculinity, Trayvon Martin, and Reliving Childhood Trauma". Interview with Julia Lurie, www.motherjones.com. September/October 2014.

“Abandonment by a lover won't kill us. But it awakens the parts of us that remember when it could.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“I realise I'm still a child, though I do feel older.”