“It’s not easy to detach from people you’ve had close ties with but sometimes it’s necessary in order to restore your sanity.”

“Sometimes people think they know you. They know a few facts about you, and they piece you together in a way that makes sense to them. And if you don’t know yourself very well, you might even believe that they are right. But the truth is, that isn’t you. That isn’t you at all.”

“When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.”

“Every declaration of love contains an unstated list of exceptions and demands.”

“Don’t judge everyone else by your limited experience.”

“The best day of your life is the one on which you decide your life is your own. No apologies or excuses. No one to lean on, rely on, or blame. The gift is yours. It is an amazing journey, and you alone are responsible for the quality of it. This is the day your life really begins.”

“The only time you truly become an adult is when you finally forgive your parents for being just as flawed as everyone else.”

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should’ve behaved better.”

“I’d like to destroy you a few times in bed.”

“Trust that your soul has a plan, and even if you can’t see it completely, know that everything will unfold as it is meant to.”

“Our first and true home was Paradise: a land that is both perfect and eternal. So the yearning for that type of life is a part of our being. The problem is that we try to find that here. And so we create ageless creams and cosmetic surgery in a desperate attempt to hold on—in an attempt to mold this world into what it is not, and will never be.”

“Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made.”