“Silence is sometimes the best answer.”

me: I need to go out more

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”

“Don’t explain. People only hear what they want to hear.”

"It's so distracting. You're walking down the street and you see how easy it would be to run into open traffic. You glance at a building and imagine yourself falling from its rooftops. Death, death, death, all around you, all the time. How do you stop thinking about it?"

“The sadness will last forever.”

“I drank to drown my sorrows, but the damned things learned how to swim.“”

“I hope you know that no matter what happens in time, you will always, forever be the warmest home for me. Nothing and no one can ever replace your warmth.”

“Your body is the house you grew up in. How dare you try to burn it to the ground.“”

“There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”