I wish friends held hands more often, like the children I see on the streets sometimes. I'm not sure why we have to grow up and get embarrassed about it.

The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.

Everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is to not make the same mistake twice.

Because that's the thing about depression. When I feel it deeply, I don't want to let it go. It becomes a comfort. I want to cloak myself under its heavy weight and breathe it into my lunges. I want to nurture it, grow it, cultivate it. It's mine. I want to check out with it, drift asleep wrapped in its arms and not wake up for a long, long time.

I've always thought the best relationships are those that are as happy and content in silence as they are in action [...]

You should show encouragement whenever you can. People try harder when they know that someone cares about them.

If I had a euro for every stupid thing I've done, I could buy the Mona Lisa.