There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.

No human on God's earth is a nobody.

There’s no such thing as ruining your life. Life’s a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.

A mistake isn’t a mistake unless it can’t be put right.

Every time I mention her, Magnus says, "Are you two getting along?" in raised, hopeful tones, like we're endangered pandas who need to make a baby.

Great. Just great. One glimpse of his body and I have a full-blown crush. I honestly thought I was a bit deeper than that.

If I've learned one lesson from all that's happened to me, it's that there is no such thing as the biggest mistake of your existence. There's no such thing as ruining your life. Life's a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.