Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter.

Why do some memories bleed out of nowhere and others stay locked behind doors?

A photo says, you were happy, and I wanted to catch that. A photo says, you were so important to me that I put down everything else to come watch.

You didn't get past something like that, you go through it -- and for that reason alone, I understood more about her than she ever would have guessed.

Whether it was power they sought, or revenge, or love-well, those were all just different forms of hunger. The bigger the hole inside you, the more desperate you became to fill it.

You don't need water to feel like you're drowning, do you?

Kids think with their brains cracked wide open; becoming an adult, I've decided, is only a slow sewing shut.