“My only relief is to sleep. When I’m sleeping, I’m not sad, I’m not angry, I’m not lonely, I’m nothing.”

“But if these years have taught me anything it is this: you can never run away. Not ever. The only way out is in.”

“The beginning of love is the will to let those we love be perfectly themselves, the resolution not to twist them to fit our own image.”

“It’s funny. I still feel like a little girl . I’m still looking around to check and see what other people are doing to make sure I’m not completely different; I’m still looking around for help, hoping for a quick nudge and a whisper of advice. But I can’t seem to be able to catch anybody’s eye. Nobody else around me seems to be looking around and wondering what to do. Why is it that I feel like I’m the only person who is confused and concerned about the choices I’ve made and where I’m headed?”

“I am all in a sea of wonders. I doubt; I fear; I think strange things which I dare not confess to my own soul.”

“Torment yourself as little as possible, then you’ll torment me less.”

“The world is not kind to any woman who is confident in herself.”

“The hardest thing I ever did was take a shower.”

“Why didn’t I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.”