inside the outsider

“I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment—we are all defined by something we can’t change.”

“Homesick is just a state of mind for me, that I’m always missing someone or some place or something, I’m always trying to get back some imaginary somewhere. My life has been one long longing.”

“There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain.”

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

“I’ve reinvented myself once. And I can do it again.”

“I am going to make everything around me beautiful - that will be my life.”

“No matter what choice you make, it doesn’t define you. Not forever. People can make bad choices and change their minds and hearts and do good things later; just as people can make good choices and then turn around and walk a bad path. No choice we make lasts our whole life. If there’s ever a choice you’ve made that you no longer agree with, you can make another choice.”

“But one of the big lessons I have learned from my journey is you can’t please everyone, so don’t try.”

“Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

“Closure comes to us from within. It comes when we accept that letting go and moving forward is more important than remaining stuck in a situation that is no longer us. With a person who is no longer us.”

“It doesn’t really matter who you used to be. All that really matters is who you have become.”

“The deepest pain I ever felt was denying my own feelings to make everyone else comfortable.”

“It’s important to do what’s best for you, whether people approve of it or not. This is your life. You know what’s good for you.”

“When the past calls don’t answer. You’re a different person today.”

“I feel as if I’m made to understand but not to be understood.”