Donato Quotes

“A midst deceit I found the truth;

there in the rough I found a diamond.

And from the moment we met,

I think of no one else

Today I choose to be, to live and breathe;

to dream, to weep, and to sing in free verse.

And you, the object of my delight:

a like-minded opposite I am myself with,

a mind-fuck times six, seven, eight thousand and three.

I know that you love me with every inch of your deep.”
― Donato DiCristino, Compound Delusions: The Rise and Fall of our Design

“I make so many plans but fail at follow-through. Gemini mind once a mat for you to wipe your feet. I’d beg for it. I’d plead 'Here! I’m here waiting for you to be the one. Take my heart, my life, my air: rip them to shreds and hand them back.No need to worry. I have enough superglue and tears to keep me busy for months...”
― Donato DiCristino, Compound Delusions: The Rise and Fall of our Design

“The glamorous life is a facade, a fraud
a farce of frivolous trite
The storybook is blank inside
Chivalry has died”
― Donato DiCristino, Compound Delusions: The Rise and Fall of our Design