“Your flaws are perfect for the heart that is meant to love you.”

“There are a few things in life so beautiful they hurt: swimming in the ocean while it rains, reading alone in empty libraries, the sea of stars that appear when you’re miles away from the neon lights of the city, bars after 2am, walking in the wilderness, all the phases of the moon, the things we do not know about the universe, and you.”

“Art is long, life short; judgment difficult, opportunity transient.”

“His anger took many shapes: sometimes soft and familiar, like a round stone he had caressed for so long that is was perfectly smooth and polished; sometimes it was thin and sharp like a blade that could slice through anything; sometimes it had the form of a star, radiating his hatred in all directions, leaving him numb and empty inside.”

“Life, he says, doesn’t have to be so bad all the time. We don’t have to be anxious about everything. We can just be. We can get up, anticipate that the day will probably have a few good moments and a few bad ones, and then just deal with it. Take it all in and deal as best we can.”

“The peace that comes with surrendered action turns to a sense of aliveness when you actually enjoy what you are doing.”

“I think hell is something you carry around with you. Not somewhere you go.”

“Do you think anger is a sincere emotion or the timid motion of a fragile heart trying to beat away its pain?”