But now the other half of "us" was gone and, lying there in my shadowy room, I'd be struck with this realization that I had no clue how to be just me again.

Life isn't fair. A fair's a place where you eat corn dogs and ride the ferris wheel.

Just like there's always time for pain, there's always time for healing.

Time's never up", she whispered, not looking at me, but at my canvas. "Just like there's always time for pain, there's always time for healing. Of course there is.

I didn't answer. Just shook my head and let the tears roll. "I just want it to go away. I just want all the drama to stop. Nobody would believe me anyway, " I whispered. "Nobody would care.

Getting on with her life is important. But right now it may be more important to put the feelings out there, deal with them, and find a way to be okay with all that's happened.

Sometimes, in my world where parents hated one another and school was a battleground, it sucked to be me.

Sometimes even stuff you expect to happen can still hurt

Because I love you. And I hurt you. I hurt the person I love most in the world, and i will never forgive myself.

At one time it really felt like forever might happen for us.

you can get past a mistake, but it's much harder to get past being a cruel person.

Know you will win and you will win!

There are no rules when it comes to survival

Fine. Since the tea is not forthcoming, let's have a philosophical conversation.

There is nothing more stimulating than a case where everything goes against you.

I'll hire blacks as long as they can do the cotton-pickin' job.

Never despair. [Nil desperandum.]

I think, with abstraction, it's easy to fall into a sort of pastiche.

Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within.

If the body be feeble, the mind will not be strong.