I felt a bottomless sadness. So completely alone. Like one of my stuffed animals at home that I was too old for now, that sat on the shelf in my closet, mashed against the back wall.

You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy over brownies.

...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting.

You need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until you reach the spool.

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute.

You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.

His laugh is made if porch swings and lemonade

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

I wouldn't want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it's holding me back.

Sweep the broomOver sand and stone.Softly, gently, Brush away the dust.Listen to the leavesAs they sing in the tree.Peace fills the soulWhen living well.

No-one loves another More than he loves whatever another within may haveThat is part of one's self

Which was worse, telling a person you loved them when you didn’t mean it? Or loving them and never telling them at all?

If I'd known how many problems I was going to run into before I finished, I can't remember a single project I would have started.

I've seen the player who will inherit my place in Argentinian football and his name is Messi... He's a leader and is offering classes in beautiful football.

I become a waterwheel, turning and tasting you, as long as water moves.

When you've never gotten love from someone, you don't know what it might look like if it ever does appear. You look for it in everything: any bright light overhead could be a star.

Weak leadership can wreck the soundest strategy; forceful execution of even a poor plan can often bring victory.

I started my career at the top and have been working my way downwards ever since.

Never only exists in your head. Anything is possible.