I might have felt broken, but at the end of it all, I didn't allow myself to break.

Eventually kids become grown-ups too, and from there, the world is whatever they choose to make of it.

If we always take the path of least resistance, if we embrace inertia, if we never leap, if we never accept accountability for our choices, how can we find any triumph in our victories or any remorse in our losses?

There's no time to hold grudges when you've seen how fragile things can really be.

You have to know... What you have to know in all of this, through all of this, is that no matter how lost you are in this maze of hell and confusion, that in the end, I promise you, you will be found.

I like to take inspiration from people who do things that I could never do.

That you can look back fondly or even wistfully on pieces of your life and hound yourself with endless what-ifs, but nothing will change. The present will still be the present. The future will still unfold as it's meant to.