“Have fun, even if it’s not the same kind of fun everyone else is having.”

“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”

“Everyone tells you what to do and what’s good for you. They don’t want you to find your own answers. They want you to believe theirs.”

“You get a strange feeling when you’re about to leave a place. Like you’ll not only miss the people you love but you’ll miss the person you are now at this time and this place because you’ll never be this way ever again.”

““I’m not really worried what people think about me. Because I judge myself harsher, and on more strict terms, than they ever could probably.””

“I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.”

“Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.”

“I didn’t know what to call it, what was happening between us, but I liked it. It felt silly and fragile and good.”

“To the ones who still believe in dreams: Chase them. Chase them until you’re out of breath. Then, keep running.”

“They may not have loved you, but they did change you. They taught you. They grew you.”

“There are times to stay put, and what you want will come to you, and there are times to go out into the world and find such a thing for yourself.”

“And it’s hard to hate someone once you understand them.”

“Your soul has fallen to bits and pieces. Good. Rearrange them to suit yourself.”

“When you are your own best friend, you don’t endlessly seek out relationships, friendships, and validation from the wrong sources because you realize that the only approval and validation you need is your own.”

“You gotta show love even when they don’t - or you become one of them.”