That which we expect of life is indeed all that it ever can be.

We spend our life building higher fences and stronger locks, when the gravest dangers are already inside

Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed.

Heroes rarely look the way we draw them in our minds: attractive, imposing figures with rippling muscles and strong chins. More times than not they are humble beings, small and flawed. It is only their spirits that are beautiful and strong.

such fickle days of love when pain and ecstasy share the same hour

It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen.

It's almost as difficult to believe that someone with so many trials could harbor such hope, as that there are those with so much advantage who harbor such hopelessness.