“Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kind of falls into place.”

“Really try to follow what it is that you want to do and what your heart is telling you to do.”

“The best smell in the world is that man that you love.”

“The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.”

“There are no regrets in life, just lessons.”

“Most people hear an airplane in the sky and think, ‘There’s an airplane,’ and go back to what they were doing. A few folks look around for the airplane, try to figure out what kind of plane it is, and watch it from the time they spot it to the time it disappears on the horizon, maybe after that. Those kids are the ones who will be pilots." He pointed at me. "I knew that about you. I’ve just been waiting for you to show up.”

“Infatuation is the fun part of falling in love. Infatuation triggers a chemical in the brain called PEA, your heart races, and you get breathless and dizzy, you tremble, and you can't think. It's what most people think of when they think of falling in love, and everybody goes through it.”