Not All Who Wander Are Lost...

“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”

“To write fiction, one needs a whole series of inspirations about people in an actual environment, and then a whole lot of work on the basis of those inspirations.”

“Listen to me. I’m shy. I’m not stupid. I can’t meet people’s eyes. I don’t know if you understand what that’s like. There’s a whole world going on around me, I’m aware of that. It’s not because I don’t want to look at you, Lucinda. It’s that I don’t want to be seen.”

“People will love you, people will hate you, and none of it will have anything to do with you.”

person: compliments me

STOP, for you shall all be hugged by I, the hug thief. May you put down your sword for a hug sir knight.

“Don’t let the pain destroy you.”

“I wish I could say everything in one word. I hate all the things that can happen between the beginning of a sentence and the end.”

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”

“Be nice to yourself. It is hard to be happy when someone is being mean to you all the time.”