A true friend is a light in the dark. Viven

She's one of the few people able to look beyond the lines on my face to see the twenty-year-old who lives inside.

Happiness in life is not a given, it must be seized.

Adults weren’t supposed to understand their children and you were doing something wrong if they did.

The stretch of years leaves none unmarked: the blissful sense of youthful invincibility peels away and responsibility brings its weight to bear.

. . . companions were to be valued, wherever one found them.

Only people unhappy in the present seek to know the future.