“I don’t think any of us can speak frankly about pain until we are no longer enduring it.”

“It’s a most distressing affliction to have a sentimental heart and a skeptical mind.”

“I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty.”

“But my heart it is brighter Than all of the many Stars in the sky”

“Who can remember pain once it’s over? All that remains of it is a shadow, not in the mind even, in the flesh. Pain marks you, but too deep to see.”

“Sleep tries to seduce me by promising a more reasonable tomorrow.”

“I think the only way we can grow and get on in this world is to accept the fact we’re not perfect and live accordingly.”

“Sometimes people put up walls, not only to keep people out, but also to see who cares enough to tear them down.”

“Funny how possibility can lift you. Funny how reality can slam you down.”