The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain.
Things that seem bad at the time are really blessings.
The more someone assures you that everything is okay, the more you can be assured that it's not.
To deny our pasts is to burn the bridge we must cross to self-understanding.
The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood [p. 53]
Sometimes its not the strength but gentleness that cracks the hardest shells.