“Listen to God with a broken heart. He is not only the doctor who mends it, but also the father who wipes away the tears.”

“Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven’s mouth.”

“Karl Marx: “Religion is the opiate of the masses.”Carrie Fisher: “I did masses of opiates religiously.”

“The question is not how to get cured, but how to live.”

“Scars are not injuries, Tanner Sack. A scar is a healing. After injury, a scar is what makes you whole.”

“Hollowness: that I understand. I’m starting to believe that there isn’t anything you can do to fix it. That’s what I’ve taken from the therapy sessions: the holes in your life are permanent. You have to grow around them, like tree roots around concrete; you mold yourself through the gaps”