“In art, music, and writing, if it's not of the heart, it means nothing.”

“Only the broken beyond repair could know my anguish.”

“Even the shortest love story reminds me of how much I love you.”

“A person who loves you through your idiosyncrasies, despite the tiny inclusions, is a diamond worth keeping.”

“She refused to know love again. The thought of another heartbreak was far too much for her to bear.”

“Know that you are enough, so that if a person tries to make you feel beneath them, you'll have the courage to walk away.”

“You will be a different person after the storm, because the storm will heal you from your perfection.”

“Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.”

“In his forty-third year William Stoner learned what others, much younger, had learned before him: that the person one loves at first is not the person one loves at last, and that love is not an end...”

“I feel like every project I work on is a dream project, so long as I am learning.”

“Love, too, has to be learned.”

“Every pain is a lesson.”

“It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”

“If I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drownedif I am going to be drowned, why, in the name of the seven mad gods who rule the sea, was I allowed to come thus far and contemplate sand and t...”

“I'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and ...”