“It was better not to get too close to another person. The closer you got, the more likely you were to get hurt.”

“Hearts don't really get broken, but if you practice too hard with them, they can get quite hurt. It feels like they won't get better, but they do.”

“The more you read, the better you get, the more better you get, the more you like it; and the more you like it, the more you do it.”

“There are no real successes without rejection. The more rejection you get, the better you are, the more you've learned, the closer you are to your outcome... If you can handle rejection, you'll learn to get everything you want.”

“Violent death is like a monster. The closer you get to it, the more damage you sustain if you survive at all.”

“as time passes, the spontaneity and interest fades and it gets rougher. you become unable to forgive things you used to forgive. only your demands will increase. if you know the person won't answer to them, you start to look for something else. after all, no matter how close you were, you're the same as everyone else. if your expectations are too high, you are the one who's going to get hurt.”