Some people deal with their problems by talking them to death. In fact, some enjoy the execution so much they resurrect their problems just so they can kill them again.-Nathan Hurst

I've come to know that what we want in life is the greatest indication of who we really are (p. 331).

Suffering ceases to be suffering when we form a clear picture of it.

It was the first time that I had ever been romantically kissed. It was even better than the chocolate cake.

I am facing the most difficult thing of my life, my own greatest failure.

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

It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity–awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most sublime. I do not believe that it is circumstance that produces such greatness any more than it is the canvas that makes the artist. Adversity merely presents the surface on which we render our souls’ most exacting likeness. It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen.