“The only person who can pull me down is myself, and I’m not going to let myself pull me down anymore.”

“You don’t find love, it finds you. It’s got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what’s written in the stars.”

“There are two reasons why people don’t talk about things; either it doesn’t mean anything to them, or it means everything.”

“I’m not fascinated by people who smile all the time. What I find interesting is the way people look when they are lost in thought, when their face becomes angry or serious, when they bite their lip, the way they glance, the way they look down when they walk, when they are alone and smoking a cigarette, when they smirk, the way they half smile, the way they try and hold back tears, the way when their face says they want to say something but can’t, the way they look at someone they want or love… I love the way people look when they do these things. It’s… beautiful.”

“Sometimes to stay alive you got to kill your mind.”

“Sometimes two people need to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together.”

“Apply for that job. Date that person. Buy that plane ticket. Move to that city. Do all the things that scare you, because they’re worth it.”

“It’s only terrible to have nothing to wait for.”

“Love your parents. We are so busy growing up, we often forget they are also growing old.”

“Als ihr geschlafen habt, war ich wach und hab’ nachgedacht.”