“Somewhere, someone isn’t impressed by your looks. Not all men jump through the hoops of your fire. You’re unbelievably boring to more people than you’ll ever know.”— Henry Rollins, amazon.com
“Best not to mix the past with the present. The present paints the past with gold. The past paints the present with lead.”— Henry Rollins, amazon.com
“Sometimes it seems the harder you try to hold onto something or someone the more it wants to get away. You feel like some kind of criminal for having felt, for having wanted. For having wanted to be wanted. It confuses you because you think that your feelings were wrong and it makes you feel so smal…”— Henry Rollins, amazon.com
“Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner but I feel more lonely in a crowed room with boring people than I feel on my own.”— Henry Rollins, amazon.com
“I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.”— Henry Rollins, amazon.com
“The moon will never lie to anyone. Be like the moon. No one hates the moon or wants to kill it. The moon does not take antidepressants and never gets sent to prison. The moon never shot a guy in the face and ran away. The moon has been around a long time and has never tried to rip anyone off. The mo…”— Henry Rollins, amazon.com
“They say true love only comes around once and you have to hold out and be strong until then. I have been waiting. I have been searching. I am a man under the moon, walking the streets of earth until dawn. There's got to be someone for me. It's not too much to ask. Just someone to be with. Someone to…”— Henry Rollins, amazon.com
“Don't do anything by half. If you love someone, love them with all your soul. When you go to work, work your ass off. When you hate someone, hate them until it hurts.”— Henry Rollins, amazon.com
“I want a soul mate who can sit me down, shut me up, tell me ten things I don’t already know, and make me laugh. I don’t care what you look like, just turn me on. And if you can do that, I will follow you on bloody stumps through the snow. I will nibble your mukluks with my own teeth. I will do your…”— Henry Rollins, amazon.com
“Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.”— Henry Rollins, amazon.com
“It hurts to let go. Sometimes it seems the harder you try to hold on to something or someone the more it wants to get away. You feel like some kind of criminal for having felt, for having wanted. For having wanted to be wanted. It confuses you, because you think that your feelings were wrong and it…”— Henry Rollins, amazon.com