Siren

“She wasn’t happy, but then she wasn’t unhappy. She wasn’t anything. But I don’t believe anyone is a nothing. There has to be something inside, if only to keep the skin from collapsing.”

“This is the year you begin. Slip into the sweet mud. Get dirty. Stay dirty. There is nothing to forgive”

“I have to say that although it broke my heart, I was, and still am, glad I was there.”

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

“Perhaps many things inside you have been transformed; perhaps somewhere, someplace deep inside your being, you have undergone important changes while you were sad.”

“Find a way. If there’s none, make one.”

“I’ve had so many knives stuck into me, when they hand me a flower I can’t quite make out what it is. It takes time.”

“For her the ocean was more than a dream, it was a place she needed to visit to find herself and when she returned to the city, you could see the sun in her eyes, the wind in her hair, and taste the infinite salt on her lips.”

“I want to inspire people. I want people to look at me and say “because of you I didn’t give up.”

“Somewhere, far down, there was an itch in his heart, but he made it a point not to scratch it. He was afraid of what might come leaking out.”

“When you go through deep waters, I will be with you.”

“Ein Ratgeber musste her. Aber wonach sollte ich suchen? Hilfe, ich bin ein Miststück! Wie sorge ich dafür, dass andere Leute mich mögen?”

“Being a good friend doesn’t mean you always have all the right words to say. Sometimes it means you just know when to be a good listener.”