“You’ll always be curious yet deliriously sinking into whatever your nightmare is until you let your wings know you’re serious by leaping into your wildest dreams of self love.”

“Dreams bring hope in life, hope brings dreams alive.”

“Tis said if you will but cast a desire under the crescent moon as stars cross its path, your wish will always come true.”

“This is so funny,” said Ellen, noticing the seating arrangement. “Isn’t this funny? Tom, come sit next to Robin. Griffin, sit next to Laura.” I stood up and sat next to Robin while Griffin brought his chair over to Laura. “That’s better,” said Ellen. “Isn’t that better?”

“Looking back, I now realize that I left home in search of all the things that were right in the very place I left.”

“Impossibility, like wineExhilarates the manWho tastes it; PossibilityIs flavoreless.”

“They danced again, and when the assembly closed, parted, on the lady’s side at least, with a strong inclination for continuing the acquaintance. Whether she thought of him so much while she drank her warm wine and water and prepared herself for bed as to dream of him when there, cannot be ascertained; but I hope it was no more than in a light slumber, or a morning doze at most, for if it be true, as a celebrated writer has maintained, that no young lady can be justified in falling in love before the gentleman’s love is declared, it must be very improper that a young lady should dream of a gentlemen before the gentleman is first known to have dreamed of her.”

“It’s making me so sad that you are unreachable. My desire for your touch, and your lips. It’s breaking me inside. I’m so scared you are the only one i will ever love. I’m so scared because I know there is no other you.”

“The Perfectionist pushed Tom onto her bed. She took off his shirt. She took off his shoes and his socks. She took off his pants. She took off his boxers.With most guys the Perfectionist would stop there. She didn’t. She was still feeling reckless. She took off his skin. She took off his nervous system. She lifted up his rib cage. His heart beat in her hand. And there, underneath it, she found a rusted tin box. She opened it. Inside she found his hopes, his dreams and his fears. She stared at them. She was surprised to find them there and surprised at how beautiful they were. At that exact moment, the Perfectionist fell in love with Tom.”

“You can have what you desire if it is a holy dream.”

“Pursuit of a dream is a daring adventure.”

“• Ten years ago in my geannhomegarden, nature dares me to plant varieties of fruit seeds for natural real flavour juices. To date, I truly enjoy the fruit juices of my labour: avocados, calamansi, oranges, lemon, guavas, guyabanos, mangosteen and rambutan.Nature, thank you for giving me the best thing in my life.”

“It’s curtain call for the crew of inner voices that have been running their own rowdy performance all these years.Turn up the house lights. Line them up on the catwalk. Observe their costumes, props and characteristic traits. Let them recite their most infamous lines. Appreciate them. And, applaud them because they really had you fooled! Then, let them know one true voice is back.”

“I’ve officially turned into a loser,” she whispered cynically. “I’m looking forward to going home and having cereal for dinner and walking Mitchell and studying a little and then going to sleep. I’ve had my ‘going out and having fun’ quota for the year, I guess, and it’s June.”