“When you allow the spirit to speak through you and empower it with love, you will discover things you didn’t know you knew.”

“I am often asked what made me the way I am. And my answer is always this: I’ve always been me. It just took awhile to find me under all the rubble.”

“We all have our fears. Anyone who says otherwise is probably scared of admitting it.”

“Don’t worry about what others think of you. It doesn’t matter as long as you have your own Convictions and are proud of what you do.”

“moonlight the falsest the most languid the most petit-bourgeoisstrikes meI like it”

“She chose messy, she chose wild. She chose life on her own terms.”

“Playing it safe might not have hurt anyone, but it wouldn’t have inspired many, either.”

“Where you are is merely a point along the path to where you are going.”

“She puts her heart into everything she does, and she works hard to help other people feel comfortable enough to do the same. She strives for people to feel included by her rather than intimidated by her.”

“Because all it takes are a string of “some days” that she chooses to keep fighting, “some days” where she’s not defeated by discouragement, “some days” when she silences the voices in her head telling her that she wasn’t meant for this. Some days she feels comforted in the fact that someday, this will all feel okay.”

“She just needs someone to remind her of all the things she already knows about herself.”

“I’ll never become the person you want me to be, but I might become the person that I want to be.”

“It’s like there’s a check-list of accomplishments that people expect from you. Like it’s the only path to happiness, this societal construct of what makes us successful and worthy. But, don’t buy it. You can be happy no matter which part of the story you’re in. You are worthy in every chapter.”

“It’s taking the pain, giving it new purpose as something tragic and beautiful. Tragic in that it had to happen. Beautiful in that you found a way to make something resembling hope out of it.”

“Give people the benefit of the doubt, over and over again, and do the same for yourself. Believe that you’re trying and that they’re trying. See the good in others, so it brings out the best in you.”