I remember her words to me when I left school: Your mind will be your comfort. It is, sometimes. And sometimes it isn't.

People have to snatch at happiness when they can, in this world. It is always easier to lose than to find...

Something inexorable seeds itself in the place of your origin. You can never escape the bonds of family history, no matter how far you travel.

It's painful to hold out hope for the things that once brought you joy. You have to find ways to make yourself forget.

My heart is shattered, an all that's left are jagged shards.

I couldn't have imagined how much more there was to lose.

I ... am left with the lingering feeling that the places we go in our minds to find comfort have little to do with where our bodies go.

The older I get, the more I believe that the greatest kindness is acceptance.

To get it all done I have to dim my brain, turn it down by notches like the flat-turn knob on a gas lantern, leaving only a nub of flame.

Do our natures dictate the choices we make, I wonder, or do we choose to live a certain way because of circumstances beyond our control?

This life of ours can feel an awful lot like waiting.

I've come back for you, my love, my life. Let me look at you, keep you, never let go of you.

If you give your best to someone it will most definitely come back to you, often from a different person altogether.

Your relationships with others are always a direct reflection of the relationship you have with yourself.

...there’s no such thing as a dirty fight.

He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks.

I remember when the idea of living to be 40 seemed absurd.

It's impossible to get to the end if you quit in the middle.

There's a certain nostalgia and romance in a place you left.

It follows that at the beginning of his life the individual can accomplish wonders without effort and quite unconsciously.

I love Christmas. Frosty the Snowman, peace on Earth and mangers, Salvation Army bell ringers and reindeer, the movie 'Meet Me in St. Louis,' office parties and cookies.