" Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive. "

" But pain is hard to put into words and in life there is always pain. It’s as natural as birth or death. Pain makes us who we are, it teaches us and tames us, it can destroy and it can save. "

" In the end there doesn’t have to be anyone who understands you. There just has to be someone who wants to. "

" I know—better than anyone—that once someone’s made up their mind to leave you, there’s nothing you can do to make them stay. "

" But we joke and laugh. Otherwise we would start screaming. "