Quotes from book

Revolution

“Most of the mess that is called history comes about because kings and presidents cannot be satisfied with a nice chicken and a good loaf of bread.”

“Together in our house, in the firelight, we are the world made small.”

“Happiness was useless to me. It was heartache that filled my purse. What happy man has need of Shakespeare?”

“The more obscure our tastes, the greater the proof of our genius.”

“Had you but seen it, I promise you, your high-minded principles would have melted like candle wax. Never would you have wished such beauty away.”

“I need a boy who thinks with his big head, not his little one. Since they do not exist, I have fashioned my own.”

“For I have seen it and I have felt it and it is love, not death, that undoes us.”

“The rain comes down harder, darkness falls. We don't care. Together in our house, in the firelight, we are the world made small.”

“I'm wishing he could see that music lives. Forever. That it's stronger than death. Stronger than time. And that its strength holds you together when nothing else can.”

“For mad I may be, but I will never be convenient.”

“Who knew that listening to a guy sleep could be so much deeper than sleeping with a guy.”

“Hope is the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard.”

“Life’s all about the revolution, isn’t it? The one inside, I mean. You can’t change history. You can’t change the world. All you can ever change is yourself.”

“Little by little, the old world crumbled, and not once did the king imagine that some of the pieces might fall on him.”

“One expects decent people to stand up for the good of all. Decent people shut their doors and hide behind them as decent people do. Massacres could never happen if it weren't for decent people.”

“There is only one thing I fear now-love. For I have seen it and I have felt it and I know that it is love, not death, that undoes us.”

“Only the hopeless love God.”

“Beautiful people don't need coats. They've got their auras to keep them warm.”

“I played a role. That is what actors do. But I played it too well. I went too far. And by the time I wanted to stop, to take a bow and leave the stage, it was too late.”