“True friendship takes us by the hand and reminds us we are not alone on the journey.”

“There is no perfection. Just beautiful versions of brokenness.”

“Strength comes from your struggle - when you learn to see your struggle as opportunities to become stronger, better, wiser. Then your thinking shifts from “I can’t do this” to “I must do this.”

“I took the image of a burning woman into my heart. I didn’t hate the fire. I hated the people who did not believe her.”

“It’s about who you miss at 2 in the afternoon when you’re busy, not 2 in the morning when you’re lonely.”

“Sometimes something happens to you and you can’t recover from it.”

“Forever is composed of nows.”

“I guess I’m being more honest in the moment, instead of just trying to be friendly or something. I’ve stayed quiet a lot in the past but that leads to people putting words into your mouth.”

“She is water: soft enough to offer life, tough enough to drown it away.”

“Some people don’t understand the promises they’re making when they make them.”

“Go out and do something. It isn’t your room that’s a prison, it’s yourself.”

“If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.”

“You have your whole life ahead of you. Don’t spend all your time in the past.”

“Do yourself a favor and learn how to walk away. When a connection starts to fade, learn how to let it go. When a person starts to mistreat you, learn how to move on … to something and someone better. Don’t waste your energy trying to force something that isn’t meant to be.”

“My love is not weather, it will never change.”

“I withdraw from people and places from time to time. I need space from a world that is filled with millions of mouths that talk too much but never have anything to say.”