“Darkness swallows everything, even pain. Thats what makes it so tempting. Comforting. It disguises weakness as strength.”

“War is a big word; its cruel, its hard, nobody wants that. Protecting yourself sounds much better. Putting up walls, shutting everyone out. And forgetting that those who you are so afraid oftheyre ...”

“Healing the hurt is much harder than not hurting them at all.”

“Trying to destroy darkness is like trying to crush water. It will always be a part of you, whether you admit it or not.”

“We are all haunted. Some more than others. We are all hurt in our own unique ways. But whatever happened to us, it doesnt matter. None of it matters. Youll be fine. Just never forget that you are n...”

“Bravery could only be found inside of fear. So she bore the feeling. After all, it was just a feeling.”

“To make them forget how bad human beings are, they were taught too insistently that bears are good. Instead of being told honestly what humans are and what bears are.”

“Ill rid the world of each one of you, he whispered. Every single one”

“Because inside me is a beast that snarls, and growls, and strains toward freedom.. and as hard as I try, I cannot kill it.”

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”

“Every man who has reached even his intellectual teens begins to suspect that life is no farce that it is not genteel comedy even that it flowers and fructifies on the contrary out of the profoundes...”

“Let us love. Let our lives be a perpetual song of love for God, first of all, and for all human beings who suffer, love, and mourn. Let deep joy live in us. Let us be like the lark, enemy of the ni...”