What we believe as human nature in actuality is human habit.

Forgiveness is the needle that knows how to mend.

Being engaged with life. One has to develop a poet's eye for perfect moments, moments that most people pass by.

I'd rather see the world from a different angle.

I want love to be simple. I want to trust without thinking. I want to be generous with my affection and patience and love unconditionally. It is easier to love a person with their flaws than to weed through them. I want to love the whole person, not parts; and this is how I want to be loved.

You have to be an ally in a difficult time and not turn on yourself with self-shaming thoughts, which makes facing pain intolerable.

I personally feel the most vulnerable when I write. That's where I learned to tell the truth when I was young.