For quiet, sensitive souls, solitude is the golden thread that unites us with our inner world. We need quiet to connect the dots in our constellations of thoughts.

That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.

Forced connections are toxic. Let go and recharge.

I believe that suffering is part of the narrative, and that nothing really good gets built when everything’s easy. I believe that loss and emptiness and confusion often give way to new fullness and wisdom.

Shutting out your demons is the best thing you can do, even if they have become your only friends..

The best way I can love you is by not losing myself in you, but growing with you.

The best way I can love you is by not losing myself in you, but growing with you.

When she is quiet there is a reason. She is sorting through all the chaos in her head, and all the madness in her heart.

We are born not all at once, but by bits.

Never, never tell them. Try and remember that. Never tell anyone anything ever. Never tell anyone anything again.

Everybody said, ‘Follow your heart.’ I did, it got broken.