I just want to be able to stand up straight for a little while before I get cut down. Henry Rollins More Quotes by Henry Rollins More Quotes From Henry Rollins You can get what you want. Never sell out. Don't break. Don't weaken. Don't let the kindness of strangers be your salvation, for it is no salvation at all. Unless you sleep alone, you sleep with the enemy. Never come out of the storm. On the other hand, maybe you should. You don't have what it takes to go the hard way. Come out of the cold and sit by the fire. Let them warm you with the smiles and promise of friendship's fortune. Lose your edge. A soft body and chained mind suit you. Chances are you don't have what it takes to walk the frozen trail. Stay home and relax. Henry Rollins kindnesshomesleep If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you Henry Rollins wallwritingnight You have to realize there are other people, other economies, governments, cultures, religions, and destinies going on at the same time as yours. You have to widen the scope of your lens and start seeing more. Henry Rollins culture-religiondestinygovernment In my world there would be as many public libraries as there are Starbucks. Henry Rollins librarywould-beworld I would like to be able to gently drift in and out of existence when I wanted to. Henry Rollins existenceablewanted It's so painful to be next to someone you feel strongly about and know you can't say the things you want to. Henry Rollins nextpainfulwant I am a pretty crazy person, so it's best for me to be on my own most of the time. Henry Rollins crazy-personcrazypersons It is impossible, after a certain point, to go back to a previous way of life, a previous way of thinking. Henry Rollins impossiblewaythinking I will never say the things that I want to say to you. I know the damage it would do. I love you more than I hate my loneliness and pain. Henry Rollins painhateloneliness 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. Henry Rollins hatesoullaughing I am a veteran of the War on Christmas. I am just emerging from a battlefield strewn with dead trees and torn shreds of brightly colored wrapping paper. Henry Rollins wrapping-papertreewar All by yourself, unable to express the pain of your distress with your deeper inside. You alienate yourself and everybody else. Henry Rollins retributionpainrevenge Want a good body? Work at it. Want to be a success? Work at it. Want to be truly exceptional? Be a touch insane... You need a little bit of insanity to do great things. Henry Rollins insanebodyinsanity When you start to doubt yourself the real world will eat you alive. Henry Rollins aliverealdoubt 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 friendsinspirationallife Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it. Henry Rollins broken-heartcrushlost-love When life hands you a lemon, say, 'Oh yeah, I like lemons! What else ya got? Henry Rollins fruitlifehands It's good to be able to deal with it [anger] somehow other than drinking, fighting, crashing cars, hitting your kid, your wife, your husband, your whatever. Paintbrushes, pens, movie cameras, guitars, microphones, typewriters -- these are good things. Weights. These are positive ways, good ways to deal with anger, frustration, alienation, rage. 'Cause all the other ways do nothing but hurt people. Henry Rollins husbandhurtdrinking How memories lie to us. How time coats the ordinary with gold. How it breaks the heart to go back and attempt to re-live them. How crushed we are when we discover that the gold was merely gold-plating thinly coated over lead, chalk and peeling paint. Henry Rollins heartmemorieslying My love runs deeper than the wounds. Henry Rollins woundsdeeperrunning
