Quotes from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut

“Sometimes...you can cry until there's nothing wet in you. You can scream and curse to where your throat rebels and ruptures. You can pray, all you want, to whatever god you think will listen. And, still it makes no difference. It goes on, with no sign as to when it might release you. And you know that if it ever did relent...it would not be because it cared.”
― Jhonen Vásquez, quote from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut

“My delusionary hell does not agree with yours.”
― Jhonen Vásquez, quote from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut

“Dear Die-ary, there's nothing terribly wrong with feeling lost, so long as that feeling precedes some plan on your part to actually do something about it. Too often a person grows complacent with their disillusionment, perpetually wearing their "discomfort" like a favorite shirt. I can't say I'm very pleased with where my life is just now... but I can't help but look forward to where it's going.”
― Jhonen Vásquez, quote from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut

“The world would be a much nicer place if people only used guns on themselves.”
― Jhonen Vásquez, quote from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut

“Dear Die-ary, today I stuffed some dolls full of dead rats I put in the blender. I'm wondering if, maybe, there really is something wrong with me.”
― Jhonen Vásquez, quote from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut

“It's a frightening world to be alone in.”
― Jhonen Vásquez, quote from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut

“Whether in a suit or in a loincloth people are ignorant little thorns cutting into one another. They seem incapable of advancing beyond the violent tendencies which at one time were necessary for survival.”
― Jhonen Vásquez, quote from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut

“Trust me, I know what self loathing is. But to kill myself? That would put a damper on my search for answers. Not at all productive. Besides, I've become increasingly doubtful as to whether I can die at all. But let's not get into that.”
― Jhonen Vásquez, quote from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut

“Any pile of stunted growth unaware that entertainment is just that and nothing more deserves to doom themselves to some dank cell somewhere for having been so stupid!! Movies, books, T.V., music - they're all just entertainment, not guidebooks for damning yourself!”
― Jhonen Vásquez, quote from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut

“Witty closing remarks have been replaced by massive head trauma and severe hemorrhaging.”
― Jhonen Vásquez, quote from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut

“I've excluded happiness as one of those possibilities we seek for ourselves. Oh, I still want it, but that's beside the point. Contentment - they say it's the ultimate, but I can't even wish for that. I don't even want the desire to be content. I can only hope for silence.”
― Jhonen Vásquez, quote from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut

“Dear Die-ary, I've been to heaven and hell...and I still don't know if there is a god or a devil. Still...it's something to write about.”
― Jhonen Vásquez, quote from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut

“And so, irritants, it is with this that I leave you. You are spared so that you can think of what it really is to live in a world that engenders a pain for which there is no comfort. Here is your product! You have the rest of your lives to think of this. And I suggest you think quickly, for a long life is never a guarantee.”
― Jhonen Vásquez, quote from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut

“Well, I just don’t want you to think that this piece of shit is anything other than a pathetic, human defect. Nothing more. Not a monster, not a bogeyman. Nothing but another reason to feel better about yourself. Understand that it’s just a person - not worth devoting any nightmares to.”
― Jhonen Vásquez, quote from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut

“You know what goes on in this world. They don't understand. They don't see that long after their laughter subsides, in search of the next cheap thrill, their victims are still hearing the taunts in their heads. A cacophony of degrading noise, poisoning perception.”
― Jhonen Vásquez, quote from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut

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