It took me a lifetime to realizethings don't get lost if they don't have value- you don't miss what you don't care about.

But it was like wearing a size five sneakers when your foot is a seven- you can get by for a few steps, and then you set down and pull off the shoes because it just plain much

I've been an idiot to think that real life could have a happy ending

You know, the mind is a remarkable thing. Just because you can't see the wound doesn't mean it isn't hurting. It scars all the time, but it heals.

You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.

Just because you had every right to feel sorry for yourself didn't mean you ever took the opportunity to do so.

It was no coincidence, that fear could move a person to extremes, just as seamlessly as love. They were the conjoined twins of emotion: If you didn't know what was at stake to lose, you had nothing to fight for.