“In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion.”

“Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”

“it isn’t what we left behind that breaks me it’s what we could’ve built had we stayed”

“The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die.”

“But then at least I’ve learned to choose solitude over stressing company.” she almost whispered. “I am still trying to see and feel new things. I am still hoping to find myself amidst of all the people that said they already knew me.”

“Give people time. Give people space. Don’t beg anyone to stay. Let them roam. What’s meant for you will always be yours.”