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“Listen. I wish I could tell you it gets better. But, it doesn’t get better. You get better.”

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”

“I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.”

“I wish I wasn’t such a dreamer. I’ve ruined this life for myself.”

“People inspire you or they drain you. Pick them wisely.”

“I don’t know how to write. I know how I write. And then the next day, I don’t know again. The not knowing is what makes writing interesting and enjoyable to me.”