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“If a writer falls in love with you, you can never die.”

““I don’t want to have to survive, I want to live.””

“The worst part about being okay is that, okay is far from happy. Okay is that gray space in the middle where you can wake up each day and carry on with your life, even laugh and smile often, but okay isn’t joy. Okay isn’t looking forward to each second of your day, and okay isn’t getting the most out of life. Being okay is what most people settle for, myself included, and we pretend that okay is fine, when we actually hate it and we spend the majority of our time waiting to break out of just being okay.”

“She was on her own if you know what I meant. She’s the type of person who can handle the world, but if you look a bit closer, she couldn’t handle herself. She needs to be loved by someone who will look at her the way she looks at sunsets.”

“If you love your girl, whether it’s after 2 weeks or 2 months. Show her. Show her off to everyone you know. Lavish her with affection and all of the things money can’t buy. Take random pictures of each other and show people just how in love you both are. Hold hands at the dinner table because you can’t stand being so close without touching each other. Kiss your girls hand. Play with her hair. Let her sit on your lap even when other chairs are available. Wake her up at 5am to watch the sunrise even though you’ll be staring at her the whole time because she’s so much more enchanting. Drive her to the doctors even when she’s convinced it’s nothing serious. Make her breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the same day just because. Take her to her favourite places. Make her smile and laugh everyday. Love your girl. Appreciate your girl. And never let a day go by without letting her know just how much you love her.”

“Die halbe Nacht wach, die Angst zu träumen ist einfach zu groß.”

“Dear future child If it’s 3am and you find yourself in a world of complete despair Please do not turn to strangers on the internet for solace as I did Please climb onto my bed And I will hold you until the demons sleep If it is Thursday morning and you are too sad to move I won’t force you I will buy ice cream and we will watch your favourite tv show and I will remind you of your importance If you feel as if you have no purpose I will remind you that you were created entirely with love and every pain you feel, I feel too When you’re sure you can’t go on anymore I will tell you that when I was 21 I searched for peace at the bottom of a vodka bottle chased by a bottle of pain killers But that five years later When you were placed in my arms in the delivery room I realised that you were why I had been holding on Without realising it, you saved me, do you know how amazing that is? So if you ever feel like grabbing that vodka bottle, put it down, we will get in the car and I will drive until the sky turns magenta I will show you how the sun rises every morning to encourage you to rise too Sweetheart I refuse to be unaware of your sufferings As my mother was to mine.”

“The conversation between your fingers and someone else’s skin. This is the most important discussion you can ever have.”

“Mein Kopf sagt Dinge die niemand gerne hört. Ich versuche alles damit er damit aufhört.”