“TransformationIsn't easy when most of the people in your life think you're already perfect, and want you to stay just how they see you. Try to begina new phase, you'd better expectpush-back. Try to create a whole new you, your friend list will shrinkconsiderably.”

“Funny how when your life is mostly bullshit, you turn off feeling.Sometimes it's hard to turn it back on again.”

“So you try to think of someone else you're mad at, and the unavoidable answer pops into your little warped brain: everyone.”

“You want to shout, can't you see I'm here? Can't you see I'm brand new? Can't you see me at all?”

“Change doesn't comewithout invitation.You won't discover it inroutine. And you won't create an all-new and better you if you wait for someone elseto give you permission. Transformation begins - and ends - inside of you.”

“Perfect?How do you define a word withoutconcrete meaning? To each his own, the saying goes, sowhy push to attain an ideal state of being that no two random people will agree iswhereyou want to be? Faultless.Finished. Incomparable. Peoplecan never be these, and anyway,whendid creating a flawless facadebecome a more vital goalthan learning to love the person wholives inside your skin?The outside belongs to others.Only you should decide for you---whatis perfect”

“I mean, if you're gonna purposely lose your mind,you want to get it back some day. Don't you? Okay, maybe not.”