There was only one way to the other side, and that was through the pain.

Anyone can grow into something beautiful.

This time, there was no escape, I could not turn away, could not leave without accepting what I had done. There was only one way to the other side, and that was through the pain.

The open forgiveness in her eyes, the uncensored love, terrified me.

Nothing you could do would make me send you away. Nothing.

Hyacinth. Please forgive me.

Over time, we would learn each other, and I would learn to love her like a mother loves a daughter, imperfectly and without roots.

I would keep her, and raise her, and love her, even if she had to teach me how to do it.

Now, as an adult, my hopes for the future were simple: I wanted to be alone, and to be surrounded by flowers. It seemed, finally, that I might get exactly what I wanted.

My education taught me a lot, but nothing I needed to learn.

No matter how sweet is smells, if you know it will give you a discomfort later, don't even attempt to taste it. Discipline yourself to stay out of sin!

I considered not getting up, but recognized the pain of staying down was worse than the pain of attempting to stand.

The Athlete defeats fear and conquers himself!

Crying with the wise is better than laughing with the fool.

You can take care of yourself, and God helps those who help themselves.

But I love to write music. What I would love to do is give some of the songs I write to someone like Taylor Swift because I feel like she could sing them.

Welcome to the church of me.

I find the universe so staggering that I just don't have any faith in my ability to grasp it.

Exercise is overrated.