That's the thing about pain, it demands to be felt.

It was an indulgence, learning last words. Other people had chocolate; I had dying declarations.

depression is not a side effect of cancer. Depression is a side effect of dying.

it was not enough to be the last guy she kissed. i wanted to be the last one she loved.

Leaving feels good and pure only when you leave something important, something that mattered to you. Pulling life out by the roots. But you can't do that until your life has grown roots.

He reached up t0 grab one and came down with several, and they kept coming, washing over him, floating all around him. Never have tampon strings seemed so beautiful as they rolled up and down with the wind, landing on the ground and then twirling and floating up again, falling and rising and falling and rising.

For me, the hero’s journey is not the voyage from weakness to strength. The true hero’s journey is the voyage from strength to weakness.