“When did life start being something you had to work at and not something that just is?”

“New beginnings always had something special—starting at the bottom and making it to the top produced something magical. When you reach your destination, your goal, that’s when it really hits home. Maybe that’s why I felt the way I did. I knew I was just a kid, but eventually I’d become something much more. Eventually I’d be at the top. Someday.”

“There was something special about being in a strange place, all alone in a mass of people even if you had just screwed up your life, or perhaps especially if you had just screwed up your life.”

“Always remain open..Just when you are convinced something is red, it starts turning blue...”

“Being scared just meant you had something worth coming back to.”

“The minutes dragged by as they only did when you had no choice but to wait for something.”