Does madness bring creativity? Or does creativity cause madness? Can an artist create without the ups so high and the downs so low?

I've done my best to drive you away, Sadie," he said suddenly. "But you've never left me.

I had no words to give him. No explanation. I didn’t understand it, myself. It scared me, but then so do roller coasters, and I ride them anyway, too.

It is such a secret place, the land of tears. That is what the narrator ofThe Little Prince says after the little prince argues with him the first time about matters of consequence. And he was right. My land of tears had been a secret for a very long time.

What are you, Elle? Are you a ghost? Are you an angel or a demon? Because you can’t be real.

I might be alone, but i'm never lonely.

If I'd known it was going to be the last time he'd ever hold me, I'd have paid better attention.