Learn what you do not know. Understand the consequences of counting the moments.

the pain we suffer is a way to make us appreciate what comes next.

I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck, and I never even realized I was doing it.

When you are an outcast, even a tossed stone can be cherished.

At that moment i felt lonelier than i'd ever felt before, and that loneliness seemed to squat in my lungs and crush all but my most minimal breathing. There was nothing left to say. Not about this. Not about anything.

People say they 'find' love, as if it were an object hidden by a rock. But love takes many forms, and it is never the same for any man and woman. What people find then is a certain love. And [he] found a certain love with [her], a grateful love, a deep but quiet love, one that he knew, above all else, was irreplaceable.

A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that's what separates a life story that can influence other people.