“You are evidence of your mother's strength, especially if you are a rebellious knucklehead and regardless she has always maintained her sanity.”

“To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.”

“To be acceptable is for one to ignore his weakness while knowing his strength, to cover the scar even though it's always there, however, to be impossible is for one to see his weakness as, not an adversary, but the cherry on top of his strength, to rearrange the scar so that it compliments his features.”

“The harder you fall, the heavier your heart; the heavier your heart, the stronger you climb; the stronger you climb, the higher your pedestal.”

“Imagination doesn't always make you long for what you cannot have, but rather thrive in what you do not have.”

“It has always seemed that a fear of judgment is the mark of guilt and the burden of insecurity.”

“Everyone has a sense of humor. If you don't laugh at jokes, you probably laugh at opinions.”