“I don't trust words. I trust actions”

“You never lose friends. You just discover who your real friends are.”

“Remind to yourself that it's okay not to be perfect”

“The only person that you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday”

“Forget all the reasons why it wont work and believe the one reason why it will”

“If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find excuse”

“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.”