“Sometimes, when the dust settles, you realize it's really not as bad as you thought it was.”

“The wonderful thing about self-worth is that only you can judge its true value.”

“The longer you have to wait for something, the more you will appreciate it when it finally arrives. The harder you have to fight for something, the more priceless it will become once you achieve it. And the more pain you have to endure on your journey, the sweeter the arrival at your destination. All good things are worth waiting for and worth fighting for.”

“I'm glad tomorrow's a new day 'cause I really messed this one up.”

“Intelligence is not found when you have a plan, rather it's measured when you have no clue what you're doing.”

“I worry sometimes that we're apt to confuse forgiveness with forgetfulness. The potency of forgiveness comes precisely from the fact that it must be done while being goaded by an unhappy memory.”

“Like all their peers they went about things in the reverse order to the practice of their parents generation. They had sex, realised they got on really well then fell in love.”