"I returned to New Orleans and my problems with pari-mutuel windows and a dark-haired, milk-skinned wife from Martinique who went home with men from the Garden District while I was passed out in a houseboat on Lake Pontchartrain, the downdraft of U.S. Army helicopters flattening a plain of elephant grass in my dreams."

“Rock and roll is about having a good time, so no matter where you are right now blast some music and forget about lifes problems.”

Source : Andy Biersack @andyblack, twitter.com. November 17, 2010.

“When I got to the hospice I was under the impression it would be a two- or three-week stay. But here I still am, six weeks later, and I've gotten so well Medicare won't pay for me anymore.”

“My family wasn't terribly affluent and looked upon money very carefully as something that had to be saved, not spent. My father built the ducting that took air into the copper mines and made about 6 d a yard in the Thirties, which was good money back then.”

“Just to say "Well, God is dead" in one breath is to say, in another, that nothing means anything. This is the moment of nihilism. Nihilism is the affirmation of meaninglessness.”

Source : "Nihilism, punk and the international necronautical society: an interview with simon critchley". Interview with Steven Fowler, www.3ammagazine.com. March 30, 2009.

“I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake.”

“The divers were the bravest of us. They gave their lives for the independence of our country and the success of our revolution.”

Source : "How Iran is trying to win back the youth" by Narges Bajoghli, www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2015.

“If you’d just center your thoughts and affections upon the Lord, you’d be better off accidentally than you’ve ever been on purpose!”

“I've been dealing with being overlooked my whole life.”