schmorie

“Moreover, she was short. Stick-thin. Barely enough arse for her britches to cling to. Not a beauty that lovers would die for, armies would march for, heroes might slay a god or daemon for. All in contrast to what you’ve been told by your poets, I’m sure. But she wasn’t without her charm, gentlefriends. And all your poets are full of shit.”
― Jay Kristoff, Nevernight

“the idea that there was no intrinsic path to follow in life. Something might be wrong or right, but there are no rules. Nevertheless, you had to do something. You had to make a choice.”
― Lol Tolhurst, Goth: A History

“In my low periods, I wondered what was the point of creating art. For whom? Are we animating God? Are we talking to ourselves? And what was the ultimate goal? To have one’s work caged in art’s great zoos—the Modern, the Met, the Louvre?”
― Patti Smith, Just Kids

“The only reality is what we perceive here and now, and we don’t have the power to determine the outcome. We are only in charge of our own activities, and to that end, we have to take action to make life authentic.”
― Lol Tolhurst, Goth: A History