“Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.”

“Learn to trust the journey even when you do not understand it.”

“Nothing is more heartbreaking than when you try your hardest and it still isn’t enough.”

“When you can’t control what’s happening, challenge yourself to control the way you respond to what’s happening. That’s where your power is.”

“I’d rather look back and regret something I did when I was young and crazy, than look back and regret something I never had the courage to do, and realize it’s too late.”

“You make me feel so safe, and I love it.”

“There’s a Japanese phrase that I like: koi no yokan. It doesn’t mean love at first sight. It’s closer to love at second sight. It’s the feeling when you meet someone that you’re going to fall in love with them. Maybe you don’t love them right away, but it’s inevitable that you will.”

“I passed my hardest moments alone when everyone believed I was fine.”

“She was a storm. Not the kind you run from. The kind you chase.”

“You said you liked storms, so I let you in. Turns out you only like a little rain, and I am a hurricane.”

“But that’s the thing about letting someone open you up and play with your heart … they never sew you back up afterwards.”

“Nobody goes through more shit in life than a person with a good heart.”

“Some people live in cages with bars built from their own fears and doubts. Some people live in cages with bars built from other people’s fears and doubts; their parents, their friends, their brothers and sisters, their families. Some people live in cages with bars built from the choices others made for them, the circumstances other people imposed upon them. And some people break free.”

“One of the hardest parts of life is deciding whether to walk away or try harder”