Aphorisms by Marilyn Manson

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The world's not a great place anymore and it can't be. I'm sure it would have been much more enjoyable to be alive in the fifties, when there was at least an illusion of purity, and things that were taboo had such a great power to them. I think it was a time when magic was really alive. There's no imagination anymore. It was eliminated with video games and vcr's. I'm only necessary because of the way the world is. Well, maybe if I manage to make the world a better place then maybe I'd want to have a kid.

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I wrapped our love in all this foil. Silver-tight like spider legs. I never wanted it to ever spoil, but flies will lay their eggs.

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But I think if I found Jesus which, I didn't know he was lost in the first place.

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Not only are love and hate such closely related emotions, but it's a lot easier to hate someone you've cared about than someone you never have.

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This isn't a show, this is my fucking life. I'm not ashamed, you're entertained. But I'm not a puppet, I am a grenade.

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As a performer, I wanted to be the loudest, most persistent alarm clock I could be, because there didn't seem like any other way to snap society out of its Christianity, and media-induced coma.

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I remember growing up, saying you're an artist it sounds pretentious but now it's one of the only dignified things that you can call yourself.

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Part of me is afraid to get close to people because I'm afraid that they're going to leave.

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This isn't music and we're not a band. We're five middle fingers on a mother f-ckin' hand.

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If every cigarette you smoke takes seven minutes off of your life, every game of Dungeons & Dragons you play delays the loss of your virginity by seven hours.