“If I can laugh, I can live.”

“If I can laugh, I can live.”

“There was a willful calm and happiness. I think people can decide to be happy. Maybe that was it.”

“I need you, Jess, with everything in me I need you, not just now or tonight, but forever. You're my North Star and Safe Harbor and all those other sappy clichés, but above all else, you are my dragon slayer. I need you tonight. I need you in my arms where I can feel your heart beating in time with mine. Just hold me and… and let me hold you in return.”

“The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.”

“The worst thing you can do is rest all your hopes on a wish. A granted wish doesn't equal a perfect life.”

“Emotional abuse is just as bad as physical abuse. Worse! You can heal broken bones; you can't heal a broken mind.”