Quotes from Jonathan Larson

The opposite of war is not peace, it's creation.

How do you document real life, when real life's getting more like fiction each day.

Rent is about a community celebrating life, in the face of death and AIDS, at the turn of the century.

In these dangerous times, where it seems the world is ripping apart at the seams, we can all learn how to survive from those who stare death squarely in the face every day, and we should reach out to each other and bond as a community, rather than hide from the terrors of life at the end of the millennium.

In these dangerous times, where it seems the world is ripping apart at the seams, we can all learn how to survive from those who stare death squarely in the face every day, and we should reach out to each other and bond as a community, rather than hide from the terrors of life at the end of the millennium.

The heart may freeze, or it can burn. The pain will ease and I can learn. There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as, my last.

Forget Regret, or life is yours to miss

Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. No other path, no other way, no day but today.

There is no future, there is no past. I live this moment as my last. There's only us. There's only this. Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. No other road. No other way. No day but today. I can't control my destiny. I trust my soul, my only goal is just to be. There's only now, there's only here. Give into love, or live in fear. No other course, no other way. NO DAY but TODAY

VIVA LA VIE BOHEME!

I'm more of a man then you'll ever be, I'm more of a woman then you'll ever get.

I'd be happy to die for a taste of what Angel had. Someone to live for. Unafraid to say I Love You.

No other road, no other way, no day but today.

In these dangerous times, where it seems that the world is ripping apart at the seams, we all can learn how to survive from those who stare death squarely in the face every day and [we] should reach out to each other and bond as a community, rather than hide from the terrors of life at the end of the millennium.

When you're dying in America, at the end of the millennium, you're not alone

but i know blue only blue lonely blue without you

She always said how lucky were to be friends... but it was us baby who were the lucky ones

Just don't let go or you may drown.

What binds the fabric together when the raging, shifting, winds of change keep ripping away?

There is no future, there is no past, I live this moment as my last

It won't work I look before I leap I love margins and discipline I make lists in my sleep Baby what's my sin? Never quit-I follow through I hate mess-but I love you What to do with my impromptu baby

The tick-tick-booms are softer now. I can barely hear them, and I think if I play loud enough, I can drown them out completely.

Give in to love, or live in fear

How do you know when it's time to let go?