"I thought of everything being washed away, again and again. We make such messes in this life, both accidentally and on purpose. But wiping the surface clean doesn’t really make anything any neater. It just masks what is below. It’s only when you really dig down deep, go underground, that you can see who you really are."
"Freedom is life’s great lie."
"All I really want to know is how other people are making it through life? Where do they put their body, hour by hour and how do they cope inside of it?"
"I wish I could be a girl again, with the chance to live my life again. I have suffered so much more than I needed to. And the joys I have felt have not always been joyous. I could have lived differently."
"Life is easier than people give it credit for. Don’t be bitter or vengeful. But don’t put up with anyone who puts you down, you don’t need the extra baggage. Just keep your mind wealthy, your body healthy and don’t half ass anything and you will be okay."
"No, I am not okay. I am exhausted. Life is exhausting. Loving people is exhausting. And thinking you’ve lost someone you love? Well, that’s the most exhausting thing of all."
"This was another of our fears: that Life wouldn’t turn out to be like Literature."
"Some people pass through your life and you never think about them again. Some you think about and wonder what ever happened to them. Some you wonder if they ever wonder what happened to you. And then there are some you wish you never had to think about again. But you do."
"It’s important to have some laughs, but you gotta suffer a little too because otherwise you miss the whole point to life."
"I realized these were all the snapshots which our children would look at someday with wonder, thinking their parents had lived smooth, well-ordered lives and got up in the morning to walk proudly on the sidewalks of life, never dreaming the raggedy madness and riot of our actual lives, our actual night, the hell of it, the senseless emptiness."
"The bravest thing I ever did was continuing my life when I wanted to die."
"Because as humans, everyday we go about our business, and all that time we know that the things we love, at any time now can be all taken away. We live knowing that and we keep going anyway."
"It’s faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes life worth living."
"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they’re busy doing things they think are important. This is because they’re chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."
