“Pain was simply an inevitability of living, and I had to learn how to trust him with his own, as I trusted him with mine.”

“I hated myself, and the part of me that was cowardly wished for a simple solution: an exchange of pain for forgiveness. But life didnt work that way, and fucking up was forever.”

“And now he smiled at me. All teeth. The way only people who hadnt learned self-consciousnessknew how to smile.”

“The future is terrifying because it's full of stuff, not because it's empty.”

“Love doesn't just go away when it becomes inconvenient.”

“It's not what you do, it's what it means.”

“My self-esteem is Teflon coated, baby.”

“And now he smiled at me. All teeth. The way only people who hadnt learned self-consciousnessknew how to smile.”

“Getting caught is what I do best. It is either a natural talent (which means we can blame my family genes) or a well-hewn craft (in which case we can still blame my parents).”

“Fortune sides with him who dares.”

“We only have one life (unless youre a cat or a Buddhist) and its often dictated to us by what society tells us we should do. So we normalize and accept the paradox. We glamorize busy, but long to t...”

“The price of success is the risk of self-esteem.”