Marriage is a strange combination of dream and reality, and we spend our lives as couples trying to negotiate that divide.

A true soul mate is a mirror, the person who shows you everything that is holding you back, the person who brings you to your own attention so you can change your life.

I've never seen any life transformation that didn't begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.

Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be.

I'm choosing happiness over suffering, I know I am. I'm making space for the unknown future to fill up my life with yet-to-come surprises.

This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.

There's always another level up. There's always another ascension. More grace, more light, more generosity, more compassion, more to shed, more to grow.

You were given life; it is your duty (and also your entitlement as a human being) to find something beautiful within life, no matter how slight.

Never forget that once upon a time, in an unguarded moment, you recognized yourself as a friend.

If you're going to answer the call and you're going to transform and you're going to change, get ready. It is not a day at the beach.

Nothing has or will ever be weird with us Derrick. Now that I’ve been touched by you things will never be the same.

Sometimes money is the only thing that people have and they feel threatened when they think they are losing it.

Winning isn't everything. Wanting to win is.

Curiosity is nothing more than vanity. More often than not we only seek knowledge to show it off.

I get the feeling you'd rather pine over someone you can never possibly be with than try being with someone you can.

she is no longer the beautiful woman she was. she sends photos of herself sitting upon a rock by the ocean alone and damned. I could have had her once. I wonder if she thinks I could have saved her?

Work hard. Do good. Be incredible!

I am starting to get tired of relying on words.

When one is in a good sound rage, it is astonishing how calm one can be.

I tried to write worse but it was no good; my generalizations came out as before, each more exquisite than the last. I grew discouraged.