“For men love what they cannot have, and hate what they cannot control.”

“For a moment in time, a man knew me for who I was and, without reservation, loved me for who I was. How can I now live knowing no one will ever see me again in such a perfect light? Hear me as I wish to be heard? Love me as [he] loved me?”

“Am I pretty? I must be, I thought, for all girls in love are pretty.”

“If you find a way to write with open heart to Diary, a friend with Truth, no detail spared, your tome like Petrarch’s works will contain the scattered fragments of your soul.”

“Some promises are lies we never meant to tell.”

“if you don't have peace, it isn't because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.”

“You cannot enjoy others until you enjoy yourself because you cannot give to others what you do not have.”