“It is empowering to think in terms of divine order. We are all loved children of this infinite and beautiful Universe. There is a raison d’etre for where we are and why we manage to endure. Looking for the lesson in something dark is a powerful way of not becoming absorbed by it.”

“In my life, I have given a fuck about many people and many things. I have also not given a fuck about many people and many things. And like the road not taken, it was the fucks not given that made all the difference.”

“Beauty as we feel it is something indescribable; what it is or what it means can never be said.”

“Before this moment, I have never whished to be something other than what I am. Never felt so keenly the lack of hands with which to touch, the lack of arms whith which to hold.Why did they give me this sense of self? Why allow me the intellect by which to measure this complete inadequacy? I would rather be numb than stand here in the light of a sun that can never chase the chill away”

“Life’s managed, not cured. ”

“Be patient. Your skin took a while to deteriorate. Give it some time to reflect a calmer inner state. As one of my friends states on his Facebook profile: “The true Losers in Life, are not those who Try and Fail, but those who Fail to Try.”

“Dupa ce iti omori demonii, daca ai curajul sa o faci, e musai sa te intorci pe acelasi drum.”

“Life is essentially an endless series of problems. The solution to one problem is merely the creation of another.”

“All I have is all I need and all I need is all I have in this moment.”

“Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.”

“I’d heard of Evergreen Care Center before. Cass and I had always made fun of the stupid ads they ran on TV, featuring some dragged-out woman with a limp perm and big, painted-on circles under her eyes, downing vodka and sobbing uncontrollably. “We can’t heal you at Evergreen”, the very somber voiceover said. “But we can help you to heal yourself.” It had become our own running joke, applicable to almost anything. “Hey Cass, “I’d say, “hand me that toothpaste.” “Caitlin,” she’d say, her voice dark and serious. “I can’t hand you the toothpaste. But I CAN help you hand the toothpaste to yourself.”

“We cannot change what we are not aware of, and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.”

“you don’t have to worry about burning bridges, if you’re building your own”