I do not see the world at all; I invent it.

Don't bend; don't water it down; don't try to make it logical; don't edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.

Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.

Just because your doctor has a name for your condition, doesn't mean he knows what it is.

Every thing that you love, you will eventually lose, but in the end, love will return in a different form.

I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.

It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.

I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.

I am free and that is why I am lost.

I am a cage, in search of a bird.

People label themselves with all sorts of adjectives. I can only pronounce myself as 'nauseatingly miserable beyond repair'.

Staying away from news channels, print, and social media makes one realize, that the world actually is a beautiful place to live.

Fall. Stand. Learn. Adapt.

Nurture your health, both inside and out.

I have a tremendous amount of respect for military families. To have to worry about your loved ones and still try and live a normal life is extremely hard.

What it must feel like, I thought, to look at something, anything really, and know that it’s for the last time?

When the music is over, she keeps her head down till she finds her seat again, and I wonder how many times each day she dies a little.

Listen to Jesus and follow him. That's the message of the Transfiguration.

In my work, I'm passionate about trying different things and being okay if I mess up. Now I'm trying to bring that into my own life.

Take a different route to the coffee shop to see what you can see and hear. When we get in a routine, we can become zombie-like and shut down. It's about discipline. You have to push yourself.