“It is a complete decimation of one’s priorities, beliefs, and way of living and reconstruction in the spirit. You have to create a new god, or gods, or whatever you can, but it is imperative that you believe in something. Something greater than yourself. Alright. And it can’t be the ocean, or your favorite song, and it can’t be the movement or the people or the words. You’ve gotta believe in the poetry. Because everything else in your life will fail you. Including yourself.”

“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.”

“I believe we expect too much from a single person who barely know themselves.”