Chico

“I hope for nothing. I fear nothing. I am free.”

“Your identity should be so secure that when someone walks away from you they don’t take you with them.”

“Someone can be madly in love with you and still not be ready. They can love you in a way you have never been loved and still not join you on the bridge. And whatever their reasons you must leave. Because you never ever have to inspire anyone to meet you on the bridge. You never ever have to convince someone to do the work to be ready. There is more extraordinary love, more love that you have never seen, out here in this wide and wild universe. And there is the love that will be ready.”

“There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.”

“When you were sure that you’re right, the universe showed you that you were wrong. And when you were sure that you’re wrong, the universe ridiculed you by showing that you were right all along. Maybe it’s not about being right or wrong. It’s more about staying true to yourself and let the universe lead the way.”

“I think you love me the way you find your old journal in the corner of your attic. You forget that you had them, but you’re still smiling as you reread every page. I’m a reminder of someone you used to be or what could have been.”

“There are better days ahead for those who have put bitter days behind.”

“Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.”

“Value yourself. The only people who appreciate a doormat are people with dirty shoes.”

“The answer is dreams. Dreaming on and on. Entering the world of dreams and never coming out. Living in dreams for the rest of time.”

“This is not a goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you. Thank you for coming into my life and giving me joy, thank you for loving me and receiving my love in return. Thank you for the memories I will cherish forever. But most of all, thank you for showing me that there will come a time when I can eventually let you go.”

“How many young women have I watched weep their days away over disinterested men? To all of them, I want to say, Look up. Get a life, because he has.”

“You mean so much to me that sometimes I don’t know how to handle it. I want you to care for and arrest you in my arms as if the world wasn’t yet ready to deserve someone like you.”

“Some things are hard to write about. After something happens to you, you go to write it down, and either you over dramatize it, or underplay it, exaggerate the wrong parts or ignore the important ones. At any rate, you never write it quite the way you want to.”

“Most people are not looking for provable truths. As you said, truth is often accompanied by intense pain, and almost no one is looking for painful truths. What people need is beautiful, comforting stories that make them feel as if their lives have some meaning.”

“In other words, let’s face it: Life is basically unfair. But even in a situation that’s unfair, I think it’s possible to seek out a kind of fairness. Of course, that might take time and effort. And maybe it won’t seem to be worth all that. It’s up to each individual to decide whether or not it is.”