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

Succes is really nothing more than the record of failure. To be successful means you must be willing to fail more than anyone else.

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

When I was in my early twenties, I fell in love at least 20 times a day. You have to be with someone where you think: if the world was full of people like you, I could not be monogamous. As you get older, you get to know yourself a little more. The older you get, the more you realize what you need. And you also realize how your choice in relationships is influenced by how you grew up. Now I feel like I've explored the dynamic of how I grew up, and I'm free to find someone who's really going to be a wonderful companion.

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.

It's tempting to imagine how we could hurt someone close, because it reminds us how fiercely we love them.

Even if you have loved only once in your life, you're ruined.