“Ive always wanted to be the sort of boy who does the right thing without having to think about it first, the kind of boy who makes his bed every morning and wears his mouth like a vase for words of...”

“Crashing through windows I thought were open doors. Apologizing for the mess. Rationalizing my behavior in metaphors youll simply never understand. Learning to accept defeat. Watching you walk away...”

“Fucking fixes nothing, but certain feelings are unavoidable.”

“I think its imperative that we continue confusing light with meaning. Thats how the human race evolves. Someone sees a light, names it God, goes toward it, goes up in flames. Same goes for moths. W...”

“When youre finally finished crying, I hope you run as fast and as far as you possibly can from me. When you land, out of breath, and Im finally out of sight, finally out of mind, youll be honestly ...”

“Repression is dangerous. It makes anvils of memories and drops them from impossible heights when you least expect it.”

“Creativity is the state of consciousness in which you enter into the treasury of your innermost being and bring the beauty into manifestation. (p.232)”

“Do you think I'm pretty?I think you're beautifulBeautiful?You are so beautiful, it hurts sometimes.”

“As if you were on fire from within.The moon lives in the lining of your skin.”

“Sometimes walking away has nothing do with weakness, and everything to do with strength. We walk away not because we want others to realize our worth and value, but because we finally realize our own.”

“Maybe, because all these good people loved me enough to help me, maybe I wasn't quite as bad as I felt. Maybe there was a part of me that was worthy of their love.”

“What a lot of humans fail to see is that they don't need to do anything to be valuable--they already are.”