If there was one thing I refused to be, it was an insignificant footnote in some boy's history.

From her dubious tone alone, I could see how Karin had no idea how terrifying words spoken quietly could be. How words chosen precisely to wreak maximum damage ticked like a bomb in your head, but exploded in your heart hours later, leaving you scarred and changed.

There must be a few times in life when you stand at a precipice of a decision. When you know there will forever be a Before and an After...I knew there would be no turning back if I designated this moment as my own Prime Meridian from which everything else would be measured.

Adventure in life is good; consistency in coffee even better.

What would it be like to look in the mirror and actually accept what you see? Not loathe the reflection, or despise it, or be resigned to it? But to like it?

To dream is to starve doubt, feed hope.

Maybe we don't have the same definition of about what's beautiful. So define it. Define true beauty.