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

But say you do find the right people - how do you love them without smothering them?...How do you not suffocate them with all the love you've built up in their absence?

I think music is what language once aspired to be. Music allows us to face God on our own terms because it reaches beyond life.

Relationships break down, because it's about self. But when you take the "I" out of it and you're like, how can I make them happy, that means sacrifice. I think you have to be prepared to sacrifice, and a lot of people just aren't willing to. You have to give up a piece of yourself. By doing that, you get a greater sense of who you are. When you give something up, you need to fill the space where it used to be, and you understand the landscape in yourself a bit more.

The most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence.

To love again, you must not discard what has happened to you, but take from it the strength you'll need to carry on.

I read books because I love them, not because I think I should read them.