Don’t worry about hurting me, if that’s what you’re afraid of. I want to get hurt. At least I´ll feel something for a change.
it’s good for you to write down your thoughts. It’stherapeutic because it forces you to slow down and think aboutlife.
I’d rather fail miserably pursuing my dreams than succeed at something I have to settle for
But pain’s like water. It finds a way to push through any seal. There’s no way to stop it. Sometimes you have to let yourself sink inside of it before you can learn how to swim to the surface.
If you have confidence, if you believe in yourself, you can go anywhere.
All you need is one safe anchor to keep you grounded when the rest of your life spins out of control
You’re not saving lives, Dad. You can’t save lives when no one’s living anymore. (Maddie)
Life is about mindfulness. It’s about being in the moment, being aware.
He was like a book, where each chapter picks up pace until you can’t put it down. That’s when you know you’ve made a friend – when you want to read more of his story.
Oh, I just think that a neat house is the sign of a boring person, that’s all. And I don’t really like to associate with boring people if I can help it.
I think music is seasonal. In the summer my taste changes.
Thoughts are circular, they don’t take you anywhere. They don’t have feet-they can’t gain any ground. They can trap you if you don’t eventually stand up and make a move.
You need to be able to fill that space on your own, Maddie. You should never have to rely on another person to make you feel whole. That life is dangerous.
Some people say home is where you come from. But I think it’s a place you need to find, like it’s scattered and you pick pieces of it up along the way.
The happiest people aren’t necessarily the most successful, or the most popular, or the most talented. They’re the ones who are interested in the people around them.
When you agree to help one person, you ultimately have to disappoint someone else; it’s like a karmic law.
What a forced lifestyle our technology, our inventions imposed on our lives when we tried to live synonymously with computers; when we stepped inside their world, we left the natural one behind.
It’s like looking through a microscope your whole life,” he (Justin) said. “You miss the whole picture. Sometimes you need to get lost in order to discover anything.
Letting go is easy. Anyone can do that. Love is fighting for someone to stay. That’s what takes work.
By the way, the other reason I agreed to help you is because I love your eyes. You have the most beautiful eyes. It’s my weakness.
I realized how hard it that must have been, how much hurt when you know the only way to help someone is to give him distance. So I let him go.
I rolled my eyes. “He’s talking to himself. My vote is he’s crazy.” He thought about this. “Maybe he’s normal and we’re the crazy ones. Maybe everyone should talk to themselves. Maybe we’re all just afraid of what we’d say.
Maybe he’s normal and we’re the crazy ones. Maybe everyone should talk to themselves. Maybe we’re all just afraid of what we’d say.
I’m inlove with him. Completely. Absolutely. Tragically.
…don’t be afraid to fall. Your wings will catch you.
It’s ironic..here is life passing, like clouds drifting over the sky, yet they don’t see what’s in front of them. They believe there is something more substantial going on in that little screen in their hands.