What's worse: to be idle while someone dies, or to be exiled and empty-handed?

Being selfless is not that different from being brave. It is when you are selfless that you are the bravest.

It's what you deserve to hear," I say firmly, my eyes going cloudy with tears. "That you're whole, that you're worth loving, that you're the best person I've ever known.

I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.

I am selfish. I am brave.

I slowly realized that perfectionism just not that important. What's more important is to try to love the people around you. Whatever that means at a particular time is the best you can do.

I've done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.