“How can you smile as though your whole life hasn't capsized”

“It’s funny how you can live somewhere your whole life, but not really see it.”

“...don't worry about how or why or when or what. You've spent your whole fucking life worrying about those things and it hasn't worked out. Follow your fucking heart and let yourself be happy.”

“Suffering is not enough. Life is both dreadful and wonderful...How can I smile when I am filled with so much sorrow? It is natural--you need to smile to your sorrow because you are more than your sorrow.”

“If you are filled with light, with no dark corners, then your whole life will be radiant, as though a floodlight were filling you with light.”

“It's amazing how a certain time in your life can seem to be a prelude, but when you look back, you realize it was a whole work, with a beginning, middle, and end.”