“Things should be judged by distance traveled rather than by current position.”

“Personal growth must sometimes be measured by distance travelled rather than by current position”

“While I'm not claiming that I now feel great love for all people, I can state with some confidence that I hate fewer people than I used to. This may seem like a weak claim to personal growth, but sometimes these things should be judged by distance traveled rather than by current position.”

“Following my accident, I plumped up like a freshly roasted wiener, my skin cracking to accommodate the expanding meat. The doctors, with their hungry scalpels, hastened the process with a few quick slices. The procedure is called an escharotomy, and it gives the swelling tissue the freedom to expand. It's rather like the uprising of your secret inner being, finally given license to claw through the surface. The doctors thought they had sliced me open to commence my healing but, in fact, they only release the monster- a thing of engorged flesh, suffused with juice.”

“I am not a hero in soul and never will be, but I am better than I was.”

“You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.”

“That kind of love was a thing to be snatched up and crushed in the jaws of real life. ”