You can only get outside yourself by looking inside.

It's not the time we spend but how we spend the time that truly tells our story.

Someone can have the best intentions,' Markov said, 'but offering the wrong advice, the wrong help at the wrong time, can be worse than not helping at all.

I never understood why you tried so hard to fit in, when you were obviously meant to stand out.

A true friend is someone who is always there for you, with no agenda other than the friendship itself. We rely on our friends to lift us up in bad times, to keep us grounded in good times, but most importantly, to be there for us when we need nothing at all.

Breaking free, or not, is usually determined by whether you want to get somewhere slowly or nowhere fast.

If you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed. Apart from a few starry-eyed poets or monks living on a mountaintop somewhere, however, we all have expectations. We not only have them, we need them. They fuel our dreams, our hopes, and our lives like some super-caffeinated energy drink.