Pieces of a Broken Mind Quotes

“The more I bleed, the more authentic my work. The more I suffer, the more profound my voice is. The more I lose myself, the more I find my art. And the idea of sacrificing my sanity for my work feels almost noble.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“I'm torn between my own dreams and my duty as a son.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“I genuinely love LA because this city is just as fucked up as me. ”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“Every breath brings a fresh wave of euphoria; every exhale is a sigh of relief.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“Everything I do is either for her or because of her.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“I hear a plane pass above me and wish I was on it. But where do you go if you don’t want to be anywhere?
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― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“When I was ready to see you, you were there, because you were everywhere.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“I'm tired of being tired and not being able to sleep.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“Her voice, like honey poured over broken glass.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“An overdose in the morning, red carpet in the evening. Only in Hollywood.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“No matter how bad things are, there’s always someone more fucked up than you.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“A writer deserves a grand finale, a climax. Not this shit, not hovering in this purgatorial slowness, a fucked up astral projection experience peering down at the mess I've become.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“A slave to my own self-destructive tendencies”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“She's a living, breathing piece of art.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“She's more shark than woman, circling the waters of this Hollywood sea, teeth bared at the scent of a fresh contract.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“LA, the city where everyone's constantly waiting for their phone to ring, and I'm part of it.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“I never had any desire for children, yet each piece I've written feels like an offspring.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“Home is where the heartbreak is.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“Returning to LA feels like coming home to a dysfunctional family: they drive you crazy, but deep down, you know you can't live without them.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“The day your life ends usually starts like any other day.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“Welcome to Los Angeles, where the sun never stops shining, and dreams never die.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“This one is for you, nineteen-year-old Richard.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“And so we sit, two lost souls in a world that doesn't seem to care.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“Time doesn't give a shit about us”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“Rare recognize rare.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“I'm force-feeding the holiday spirit. And I'm ready to play the game. To act, to pretend, to fuck under the mistletoe.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“However, being able to say that "I'm an artist" is like a get-out-of-jail-free card, an excuse for any self-destructive behavior I choose to indulge in. But it's all for the sake of my art, or so I tell myself.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“Sure, I'm feeling fucking miserable, but at the same time, I'm feeling fucking amazing.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“And then there are the new companions, the chemical comrades who've stormed the fortress of my psyche. Oxy's, muscle relaxers—the whole pharmaceutical circus has come to town. They're all invited—Xanax, Phenibut—each providing a different brand of forgetfulness, each adding their own flavors to this twisted recipe.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind

“I don't know if she knows that I know.”
― Daniel Ruczko, Pieces of a Broken Mind