“Balance is key. In everything you do. Dance all night long and practice yoga the next day. Drink wine but don’t forget your green juice. Eat chocolate when your heart wants it and kale salad when your body needs it. Wear high heels on Saturday and walk barefoot on Sunday. Go shopping at the mall and then sit down and meditate in your bedroom. Live high and low. Move and stay still. Embrace all sides of who you are and live your authentic truth! Be brave and bold and spontaneous and loud and let that complement your abilities to find silence and patience and modesty and peace. Aim for balance. Make your own rules and don’t let anybody tell you how to live according to theirs.”

“Wenn ich zurück denke, hätte ich vieles anders machen sollen.”

“Wie erklärt man etwas, das man nicht einmal selbst verstehen kann?”

Hat es dir eigentlich je weh getan, als es mit uns kaputt gegangen ist ?

“I hope that someday, somebody wants to hold you for twenty minutes straight, and that’s all they do. They don’t pull away. They don’t look at your face. They don’t try to kiss you. All they do is wrap you up in their arms, without an ounce of selfishness in it.”

“Depression is the cousin that shows up at the doorstep of my chest unannounced. I welcome them inside. Brew a fresh pot of coffee. Wrap my favorite blanket around their shoulders. Ask quietly, ‘what brought you here?’ They say, 'what do you mean? I live here.’”

““I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone and not be defined by another person.””

“I understand that nobody understands me, but I can’t be someone I’m not.”