“These are the stories that we tell ourselves and only ourselves, and they are better left unshared.”

“There is no remedy for death—or birth—except to hug the spaces in between. Live loud. Live wide. Live tall.”

“...crushed between the fears of going forward and the dread of going back.”

“There's solace in the thought that I will never finish missing her.”

“We all search for our meaning, and if we do not find meaning in who we are or what we do, we often search outside ourselves for someone to tell us both, sometimes to the detriment of ourselves and the larger society...”

“Happiness is a habit, it isn't something that comes with new clothes. It's something you have to work at. So, start smiling and get out and take some exercise”

“We generally change ourselves for one of two reasons: inspiration or desperation.”