I just look at my own life, which is full of error as all life is. I have done plenty of things that I am not proud of.

Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance.

It is nearly impossible to hate anyone whose story you know.

The opposite of depression is not happiness, but vitality, and it was vitality that seemed to seep out of me.

We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful.

A sense of humor is the best indicator that you will recover; it is often the best indicator that people will love you. Sustain that and you have hope.

I can see the beauty of glass objects fully at the moment when they slip from my hand

I believe that words are strong, that they can overwhelm what we fear when fear seems more awful than life is good.

We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences.

Life is enriched by difficulty; love is made more acute when it requires exertion.

When you believe that you cannot stitch your own heart back together, go to work on the hearts of other people; there is no surer way to repair yourself than to repair them.

An elevator doesn’t exist without its freight. If there’s no one to get on, the elevator remains in quiescence. The elevator and the passenger need each other.

Arrogance is shown in one's respect to the truth.

The impression of strength came from an extraordinary vitality that seemed to pulse in the very air around him

Resist as much as thou wilt; heaven's ways are heaven's ways.

Love is the wine of existence.

I've decided to get into shape, and the shape I've selected is a triangle.

We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment.

I know that you cannot hate other people without hating yourself.

History is not melodrama, even if it usually reads like that.

Love reigns a very tyrant in my heart.