“Life is full of detours, most likely years worth, but the "detours" get you to where you were meant to be.”

“Optimism (definition): No matter how bad life can get and how much God decides to throw at you, you can always at any given moment step back and think of at least one positive that happened because of the situation.This is finding true inner peace.”

“Enjoy life, you never know when today will be your last.”

“At the moment you are most in awe of all there is about life that you do not understand, you are closer to understanding it all than at any other time. ”

“When I loved you and you loved me,You were the sky, the sea, the tree;Now the skies are skies, and seas are seas,And trees are brown and they are trees. ”

“If each day is a gift, I'd like to know where to return Mondays!”

“Grief mixed with shock is such a difficult state to be in; it's hard even to describe it. On the one hand, I was numb and felt like I was in some sort of dream state - I couldn't believe Natalie was gone, but I knew it was true. And despite the shock, which makes you feel like you're muffled in cotton, my nerve ends were screaming. I was in emotional pain so intense it was physical.”