Christina Westover

“Sometimes I just want to paint the words "It's my fault" across my forehead to save people the time of being pissed off at me.”

“Anything creative requires a bit of acting,and filling in blanks with imagination.”

“I won't stop writing until I am known as the Kurt Cobain of literature!”

“Unrequited love is the infinite curse of a lonely heart.”

“As I write, My fingers tap tap the keys the way Ravi Shankar's fingers pluck and strum the strings of his sitar.”

“All I want is to sleep--to dream. Life is better in dreams.”

“Besides,love is only a feeling.”

“She realized, when relationships failed to last, it was not because love was no longer present, but because people had stopped believing in themselves and in their partners.”

“Someone who dreams cannot be forced to stop—there are no limitations to dreams, because we do not own dreams, dreams are from God.”

“Inhale when I inhale. Exhale when I exhale. Breathe with me,for two beating hearts breathing one breath together become one.”

“You know how sometimes you remember a place you once loved, a movie you’ve enjoyed, only to be disappointed when you return to that place or see that movie for a second time? Well, it wasn’t disappointing. She sounds exactly as I remember her—and there is still something so warm and caring about her that it is difficult to hate her for how she abandoned us.”

“It may be escapist, but if I have a choice between watching the news or reading a book which gets me to see the world through different eyes, I will always choose the latter!”

“It angered him that his sexuality was an issue at all. As far as he was concerned, who he decided to sleep with was his business alone.”

“How do you even know I'm someone you'll want to remember? We've only seen each other once before.'(Amber)'Have you ever looked at a painting and known you had something in common with it? Have you ever seen something so beautiful you feel like crying? When I see you, I feel that way. I feel like the deepest part of me understands something vital about you.'(Virgil Daly)”

“About writing:The trick is to make sure you love what you've produced--to Believe..in order to convince.”

“Be passionate about what you write, believe in your ability to convey timeless ideas, and let no one tell you what what you're capable of.”

“The more you love,the more love you have to give.It's the only feeling we have which is infinite...”

“You must write as if Dostoyevsky himself will be reading your novel, and Shakespeare will be acting it out.”