Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly.

I believe in happy endings," I tell him, "And it feels like this movie has gone on for the right amount of time.

You can lose yourself in repetition—quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age.

I don't want to stay in the bad place, where no one believes in silver linings or love or happy endings.

What is reality if it isn't how we feel about things?

There will always be a part of me that is dirty and sloppy, but I like that, just like all the other parts of myself.

Fly! There's a lot of sky out there for brave birds.