“I guess I have a hard time believing in things I can't see.”

“I have stories. But stories are not facts.''I like stories. Love them, actually. Most of the time they're better than facts.”

“Sometimes I feel as if I'm cursed. A slow, hungry curse that has worked its way across my entire life, stripping me of everything I love.”

“You must continue to believe with all your heart. Sometimes belief is all if takes to make something real.”

“You're the same as you were yesterday and the day before. Nothing has changed. Not really. Forget what troubles you. Regret nothing, but learn from any mistakes you make. Tomorrow will be a brighter day, I promise.”

“But perhaps a heart takes experience and time to harden.”

“Hate is such a strong emotion. Much more powerful than indifference. But those who burn with hate can also love just as intensely. Can't they? When you hate--or love--do you do so with all your heart? So much that it feels as if you might die from it?”