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“Self-mutilation is a very different issue to suicide. It is a controlled pain personal to you, allowing you to live/exist to some degree.”
― Richy Edwards, A Version of Reason: In Search of Richey Edwards

“I've always felt the need to prove myself against other people. I mean, I'm quite a weak person physically, and I think in school, I wouldn't say I was bullied but you do feel scared sometimes, or frightened, and the only thing I thought I had that was different from other people was the fact that I was actually quite intelligent. I like reading and passing exams or whatever. But even things like A-Levels - say somebody else got straight As - I would not feel as good as them, because I didn't know what percentages we had. I wanted to know that I had ninety-eight per cent and they had ninety-five per cent. It wasn't enough. I felt next to somebody with the same qualifications as me, I would not feel as good. You don't even know what it means. So you're constantly trying to get better and improve all the time.”
― Rob Jovanovic, A Version of Reason: In Search of Richey Edwards

“Our angst springs from coming from South Wales. It's a longing encapsulated in the Welsh word "hireath". The Irish can usually see the better side of things, they have a sense of wonder. The Welsh don't. We think everything is going to turn out shit.”
― Nicky Wire, A Version of Reason: In Search of Richey Edwards

“He would struggle with finding any value in himself and would despair at how he perceived the rest of humanity to be acting.”
― Rob Jovanovic, A Version of Reason: In Search of Richey Edwards

“the damage that had been done was probably deeper than anyone imagined”
― Rob Jovanovic, A Version of Reason: In Search of Richey Edwards

“Most of the songs were based round the theme of lost innocence and as that's precisely what we were experiencing at the time, we tended to look inwards rather than outwards.”
― Nicky Wire, A Version of Reason: In Search of Richey Edwards

“When I got my A-Levels, I got straight As, but I thought they weren't as good as other people's straight As,' said Edwards. 'They would look at me as if their As were better. We didn't get percentage marks, so three As weren't enough. I wanted to know I'd got, like, ninety-flve per cent. Three As is meaningless unless you're arrogant enough to think you're as good as them. Which I'm not. I need to see it written down to know.”
― Rob Jovanovic, A Version of Reason: In Search of Richey Edwards

“What did you get, Mr Edwards?'
'Three As.'
'And what were you expecting?'
Mr Edwards looks right into the camera and, completely deadpan, says,
'Three As.'

For Edwards, the perfectionist, this still wasn't good enough. He wanted no, needed - to be the best and a simple grade wasn't enough to confirm this, even to himself.”
― Rob Jovanovic, A Version of Reason: In Search of Richey Edwards

“Despite having two young children to mother, [Sylvia Plath] seemed inept at the basics of life, always needing help.”
― Rob Jovanovic, A Version of Reason: In Search of Richey Edwards

“Edwards knew that the constant spending and deliberate time-wasting was taking a toll. 'I know that if I get to the end of this year I'll have no dignity left at all,' he said. 'It's all gone. I live in a big fantasy world... It's sad.' He'd often end the day drinking even more to block out the world and allow him to get to sleep.”
― Rob Jovanovic, A Version of Reason: In Search of Richey Edwards