“I know this transformation is painful but you’re not falling apart; you’re just falling into something different, with a new capacity to be beautiful.”

“It takes just a minute to hurt somebody, but it might take years for that person to heal.”

“Like most sensitive souls, you already know you’re sensitive. You soak up others’ moods and desires like a sponge. You absorb sensation the way a paintbrush grasps each color it touches on a palette.”

“Be nice to yourself. It’s hard to be happy when someone is being mean to you all the time.”

“I have suffered a lot.”

“Always be kinder than you feel.”

“The ones who notice the storms in your eyes, the silence in your voice and the heaviness in your heart are the ones you need to let in.”

“Life has knocked me down a few times. It showed me things I never wanted to see. I experienced sadness and failures. But one thing for sure, I always get up.”

“Some people can’t be in your life because they don’t have the power to help you improve it. That doesn’t mean you don’t wish them well, it just means that you are on Chapter ten of your life, when they are on Chapter five.”

“Never underestimate the pain of a person because, in all honesty, everyone is struggling. Some people are just better at hiding it than others.”