“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”

“Eyes are distracting. You see too much. You don’t see enough.”

“I can tell you’re not yourself lately and I hope wherever you’ve gone, you feel free.”

“I hope you find someone you can’t live without. l really do. And I hope you never have to know what it’s like to have to try and live without them.”

“How can you call it love when it hurt you so badly? It was love because it was worth it.”

“I often don’t say things out loud, even when I should. I contain and compartmentalize to a disturbing degree: In my belly-basement are hundreds of bottles of rage, despair, fear, but you’d never guess from looking at me.”

“I’m sorry. I know you’ve been looking for something and this isn’t it.”

“The term “forgive and forget” doesn’t make sense to me. Forgiving does allow us to stop dwelling on an issue, which isn’t always healthy. But if we forget, we don’t learn from our mistakes.”

“I have a mind like ocean waves. Shifting always, too violent or too gentle, burning like salt water. Come too close and I worry that I will swallow you.”