Should you ever feel too lonely...listen for the roar of the sea- for in it are all those who've been and all those who are to come.

Life just swallows you up, doesn't it?Just swallows you up with its everyday things

I think we keep these moments of rejection and acceptance very close. I think we carry them always, like cracked shells from which a part of us once hatched.

When small drops began to fall and darken the world in penny-shaped circles, no one around him scurried for cover. For lonely people, rain is a chance to be touched.

I want to do things for people they will never forget. Maybe that’s the best thing I can do in life.

Royal Young's writing is that rare blend of irony and beauty.

For some people, life is the process of knocking through walls to get out. For others, it is the building of walls.