[Insert Inspiring Title Here]

“You can’t force love, I realized. It’s there or it isn’t. If it’s not there, you’ve got to be able to admit it. If it is there, you’ve got to do whatever it takes to protect the ones you love.”

“I am hard on myself. But isn’t it better to be honest about these things before someone else can use them against you? Before someone else can break your heart? Isn’t it better to break it yourself?”

“I gave you things I wasn’t sure I even had.”

“It broke my heart into more pieces than my heart was made of, why can’t people say what they mean at the time?”

“I wish I had done everything on earth with you.”

“He who dares not grasp the thorn should never crave the rose.”

“I have scars on my hands from touching certain people.”

“She was loyal, and that’s why she was everyone’s backup plan.”

“Go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”

“So we stood hand-in-hand, like two children, and there was peace in our hearts for all the dark things that surrounded us.”

“I used to build dreams about you.”

“From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, I survived.”

“I am so tired of waiting, Aren’t you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind?”