“Sometimes, talking about our fears can lessen the fear.”

“Repressing is a natural instinct, but it doesn't allow for healing. Coming out of repression can be very similar to reliving the original fear. I'm sure not everyone who needs help gets help they need, and that may not necessarily mean they won't be okay.”

“Sometimes the answers are more questions. Sometimes up is down.”

“When something bad happens to us, especially when we are young, our brains will sometimes protect us from it until we are strong enough to deal with the issue. It's not uncommon for people to completely black out an experience for years and revisit it only when they feel safe enough to face it.”

“So he was a sweet-talking, cross-dressing, fortune-telling...surfer?”

“Sometimes, people are like that. So pretty on the outside...horrible cake on the inside.”

“Empty of anything that defined it as real. That was how I felt sometimes. I existed in a world made for show, not depth, not feeling.”