“But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.”

“Before, I wanted to say: “I found love!” But now, I want to say: “I found a person. And he belongs to me and I belong to him.”

“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”

“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say.”

“It is so hard to leave—until you leave. And then it is the easiest goddamned thing in the world.”

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit. Genius hits a target no one else can see.”

“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven..”

“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”

“Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.”

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.”

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.(Popular misquote of “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”)”

“If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”