“Holding people away from you, and denying yourself love, that doesn't make you strong. if anything, it makes you weaker. Because you're doing it out of fear.”

“If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!”

“It's okay to accept things from people. It doesn't make you weak or helpless.”

“Grieving doesn't make you imperfect. It makes you human.”

“Because anyone that can make you feel that bad about yourself is toxic.”

“It didn't make you noble to step away from something that wasn't working, even if you thought you were the reason for the malfunction. Especially then. It just made you a quitter. Because if you were the problem, chances were you could also be the solution. The only way to find out was to take another shot.”

“The choices you make now, the people you surround yourself with, they all have the potential to affect your life, even who you are, forever.”