Sometimes, kids want you to hurt the way they hurt.
We cannot stop what Heaven chooses.
All that happens when your dreams come true is a slow, melting realization that it wasn't what you thought.
I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I am going to live - or at least try to live - the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure.
Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know.
Love- the infatuation kind- 'he's so handsome, she's so beautiful'- that can shrivel. As soon as something goes wrong, that kind of love can fly out the window.