All that happens when your dreams come true is a slow, melting realization that it wasn't what you thought.

The truth is, once you learn how to die, you learn how to live.

I am every age, up to my own.

Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices. A mother works so her son can go to school. A daughter moves home to take care of her sick father.

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 are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does. That's what our economy does.