All of the truly important battles are waged within the self. (7)

One can choose life, or choose death. Having chosen life, I must live it as it is.

It is not possible to know how much is just enough, until we have experienced how much is more than enough. (64)

He prefers the security of known misery to the misery of unfamiliar insecurity.

You are free to do whatever you like. You need only face the consequences.

If I am transparent enough to myself, then I can become less afraid of those hidden selves that my transparency may reveal to others. If I reveal myself without worrying about how others will respond, then some will care, though others may not. But who can love me, if no one knows me? I must risk it, or live alone. It is enough that I must die alone. I am determined to let down my walls, whatever the risks, if it means that I may have whatever is there for me.

Sometimes it seems to me that in this absurdly random life there is some inherent justice in the outcome of personal relationships. In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to give.