“That, after all, is what the great stories are written about: How people manage to find themselves in love. Well let me just say that how a person falls in love is more important than who they fall...”

“A memory of her father flitted through her consciousness. The time he played a slow, melodic tune on the saxophone in the misty rain of the yard on a summers night, surrounded by the patios twinkli...”

“I think it would be best if, when youre having suicidal thoughts of stabbing yourself, that you try to think of rainbows instead.Rainbows? Ann said hugging a pillow.Yeah, Lisa said, standing back t...”

“He just wasnt into flaunting his awesomeness, but sometimes a persons awesomeness simply flaunts itself, even when you politely ask it not to.”

“Nothing monumental happened, the earth didnt shake, and lightning didnt strike. There was just a simple moment of raw emotion, unbridled and exposed to the daylight.”

“In high school, though, if you call someone out on their shit you get bullied. Its really a horrible time in life. Honestly, I dont even know why there is an entire genre of books dedicated to it.”

“You don't have to live with whatever life throws you--or whatever you've gotten yourself into...You can choose to Change Your Story!”

“Not all addictions are rooted in abuse or trauma, but I do believe they can all be traced to painful experience. A hurt is at the centre of all addictive behaviours. It is present in the gambler, t...”

“Cutting down a wall, the wall sawyer could feel the tension in a home ease and something windy rush in circles round her feet. It was addictive, each a sweet victory of art. The tumbling motion of ...”

“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.”

“One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.”

“Everybody has a home team: Its the people you call when you get a flat tire or when something terrible happens. Its the people who, near or far, know everything thats wrong with you and love you an...”

“The more you condemn yourself for thinking or feeling a certain way, the more you feel stuck within your own body and mind.. What if you went the other way and embraced it so totally that it was as...”