“We are all trying to get over the person who broke our hearts. We are all far from perfect.”

“Im glad we can be friends.Theres that word again. Its like a safe word.”

“The way he looks at me makes me ache, but it isnt fair. He hurt me first. He caused this ache from the start. This inside out, churning pain that feels mental and physical now.I fiddle with my hand...”

“I chew my food, leaning back into the couch. I loved him. Thats what dumb girls do.You arent dumb.I try to hold back my smile. Im hanging out with you, arent I?”

“I didnt know who I was or who I wanted to be until you stumbled into my life. I refuse to let you go.”

“Our scars make us who we are. Some scars are just deeper than others.”

“There are two types of seeds in the mind: those that create anger, fear, frustration, jealousy, hatred and those that create love, compassion, equanimity and joy. Spirituality is germination and sp...”

“My music teacher offered twittering madrigals and something about how, in Italy, in Italy, the oranges hang on the tree. He treated me - the humiliation of it - as a soprano.These, by contrast, are...”

“If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you're allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.”

“Sendak is in search of what he calls a "yummy death". William Blake set the standard, jumping up from his death bed at the last minute to start singing. "A happy death," says Sendak. "It can be don...”

“Don't tie your success to anything other than what's inside you”

“Aurora! Dad came running out.Over here.Were going to head home. Dad leaned against a post at the bottom of the steps. Hey, guys. Whatre you talking about?I smiled. Justgirl stuff.Tampons, Blake blu...”

“You honestly expect me to breathe in a world without air?”

“It had always been a breathtaking view, the kind that made him inhale and forget to exhale . . .”

“The more we talk about our troubles and our fears, the more life we breathe into them". HS/el”