“Betrayal converts our innocence to wisdom if we can let go of pain, bitterness, and fear and create enough self-love and safety for ourselves to allow it to do so.”

“I watched love and life play out in a million ways, but one of the best things I learned was this: You don't outrun pain.”

“What we believe as human nature in actuality is human habit.”

“Reality wins, and I'd rather see the truth than stay in love with a fantasy.”

“Being idolized and being torn down felt oddly similar. They both made me feel alone.Friendship and trust should be earned, and when you're famous, people seem to want to give them to you whether yo...”

“My innocence is not lostit has been converted into wisdom. The sensation we call "breaking" is the pain that comes from resisting the truth. Life broke parts of me that needed to fall away for me t...”

“Is there magic in this world? Certainly! But it is not the kind of magic written about in fantasy stories. It is the kind of magic that comes from ideas and the hard work it often takes to make the...”

“We become what we behold. We shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.”

“A culture of unaccountability is a culture without incentive, and a culture without incentive is the death of critical and creative thinking.”

“It was words and reading that had made me quiet, and being quiet had made me a mark.”

“Life isn't about just talking, it's about thinking too.”

“The trick for introverts is to honor their styles instead of allowing themselves to be swept up by prevailing norms.”

“I'm tired of living unable to love anyone. I don't have a single friend - not one. And, worst of all, I can't even love myself. Why is that? Why can't I love myself? It's because I can't love anyon...”

“Thats love: Two lonely persons keep each other safe and touch each other and talk to each other.”

“Sometimes I get real lonely sleeping with you.”