Rickety Cricket

"Faith kept me alive when nothing else would."

"A true leader knows when to quit."

"Work is just another form of suffering."

"My dreams are darker than most people's nightmares."

"If you can't laugh at your pain, you'll drown in it."

"Beauty fades, but scars are forever."

"Death would be a mercy at this point."

"Perseverance is just refusing to give up when you should."

"I'm grateful for small mercies, usually alcoholic ones."

"Creativity comes from desperation."

"Justice is a concept for people with money."

"Patience is something I've had to learn the hard way."

"Kindness got me beat up more times than I can count."

"Strength is knowing when you're broken."

"Fear is just reality with better marketing."

"Power corrupts, but poverty destroys."

"Money is the root of all evil, and I've got none."

"Health is a luxury I can't afford."

"Adventure found me, I didn't go looking for it."

"Imagination is escape when reality's too much."

"Technology's just another way people disappoint you."

"History repeats itself, especially the bad parts."

"Philosophy is what you study when life ruins you."

"Literature saved my life more than once."

"Politics is just organized cruelty with a purpose."

"War happens inside before it happens outside."

"Motivation is a luxury for people with options."

"I'm motivated by desperation and spite."

"Relationships are beautiful tragedies."

"Solitude is my only real friend."