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“...It is important to think about what lies ahead, but if you only focus on that, you’ll trip over the laundry at your feet, right? So it’s also important to think about what you can do right now, today. If you do that, washing one piece of laundry at a time, before you know it, the sun will be out, beaming down on you. And sure, you’ll still feel anxiety from time to time, but when that happens, take a little break. Go read a book, watch some TV, or eat somen with everyone.

“Strangely enough, when you get older, the things you didn’t understand when you were a child… start to make sense. ‘When this happened, I should have done that,’ ‘When that happened, I should have said this.’ Those types of things. You start to understand rather than regret. It may be closer to repentance. So it may be that I do want to repent and erase the ignorant self from my childhood. Maybe that’s what they mean when they say adults are selfish.”

“Pain would mean nothing without kindness. Darkness can’t stand out without the sun. Neither is something to scoff at. Both sides of the equation have meaning. So even if you stumble and make mistakes, it isn’t for nothing. If you think to yourself, “I won’t let this be for nothing!” it’ll turn into something that will help you grow.”

“I know sentiments can make you idealize another person…I know that, but I swear, to me, she was “spring.” If I was snow that had been frozen over the years, caged up in the darkness of this house, she was the fresh, vivacious spring.”

“I want to believe that I'm not wrong. I want to believe that life isn't full of darkness. Even if storms come to pass, the sun will shine again. No matter how painful and hard the rain may beat down on me.”

“We’re bound by that promise even now. Even if we don’t remember it, the blood of the Zodiac spirits remembers. From the outside, a “bond” may sound romantic, but if it feels like a burden to those involved, then it’s only a manacle. That’s why it’s a “curse.”

“Now, I've some "common sense" for you... If I wore a tie, it wouldn't change who I am... If I had no piercings, it wouldn't mean I'm "nice"... And if my hair was black, it wouldn't stop me from kickin' your ass!”

“I don’t have the answer. But the one thing I do know...is that ‘love’ isn’t just about loving what’s right in front of you. The past...the future...maybe it’s about holding all of them close to your heart. That’s...what I think, at least. When I look at her...that’s what I think.”

“.... But as long as I try to be strong and not run away, doing my best, there will finally be someday...there will be finally be someday I can overcome this painful memory. I believe I can. I believe I can do it. There is no memory that can be forgotten, there is not that kind of memory. Always in my heart.”

“I found my way to who I was meant to be through the pain I endured. I'm stronger for it.”

“I … I don’t understand half of what goes on around me. I don’t get jokes or sunsets or poetry, but I know metal.”

“such is the fate of mankind, contending with bitter regrets of the past, obstacles of the present and uncertainty of the future. fighting their own battles as they ceaselessly forge ahead. why give up whilst there's still a path ahead of you?“

'Cause we're standing on the edge of great.

'Cause everything is rushing in fast keep holding on, never look back.

Julie Molina + Jamming out during 'Stand Tall.'

Life is a risk but I will take it. Close my eyes and jump.

relight that spark, time to come out of the dark.