“I'd never known that I could feel this broken and whole at once.”

“The courage to live brings its own rewards.”

“Sometimes Truth cannot be silenced.”

“No matter what, I would never let the people who wanted me to break see how much damage they had inflicted.”

“The pages afforded glimpses into my soul where I'd hidden it, behind masks of paper and ink.”

“What good are words if no one believes them?”

“One of the greatest acts of service you can do is to find someone who is secretly lonely and be a friend to them, if only for a day.”

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”

“How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love...”

“He drew a circle that shut me out-Heretic , rebel, a thing to flout.But love and I had the wit to win:We drew a circle and took him In !From the poem " Outwitted”

“When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for t...”

“You know Balbec so well - do you have friends in the area?'I have friends wherever there are companies of trees, wounded but not vanquished, which huddle together with touching obstinacy to implore...”

“Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying youre friends is easy. Being friends is not.”