“I always wanted to be somewhere else, I don’t know why.”

“I owe myself the biggest apology for putting up with what I didn’t deserve.”

“Your handwriting. The way you walk. Which china pattern you choose. It’s all giving you away. Everything you do shows your hand. Everything is a self-portrait. Everything is a diary.”

“Start ignoring people who threaten your joy. Literally ignore them. Don’t invite them into any part of your life.”

“Don’t ask yourself what you did wrong or how you could have done it differently. Don’t waste your valuable heart and mind trying to figure out why he did what he did. Or thinking back on all the things he said, and wondering what was the truth and what was the lie. The only thing you need to know is that it’s really good news: He’s gone.”

“There are some people who could hear you speak a thousand words, and still not understand you. And there are others who will understand — without you even speaking a word.”

“If we are the same person before and after we love, that means we haven’t loved enough.”

“please don’t come closer unless you plan to stay”

“But the most beautiful things in life are just not things. They’re people and places, memories and pictures. They’re feeling and moments and smiles and laughter.”