I’d believed I needed to be steady in myself before I could function with others—but surviving alone no longer felt like a good way either.

The trees were friendly, they gave me rest and shadowed refuge. Slipping through them, I felt safe and competent. My whole body was occupied. I had little energy to think or worry.

Beneath hot sun, desert roses bloomed. Under cold moon, I still refused to.

Water was liquid silver, water was gold. It was clarity—a sacred thing. Drinking was no longer something to take for granted. I’d never needed to consider water before.

There was so little I wanted to carry. Packing my backpack took me all of four minutes

The bravest thing I ever did was leave there. The next bravest thing I did was come back, to make myself heard.

I realized that the most empowering important thing was actually simply taking care of myself.

I was promising myself strength.I had to write it, say it, make the effort and fake it before I actually believed I could do it.

I was the director of my life, it was already true, and I would soon lead myself to my dreamed-of destinations.It was the task of my one thousand miles of solitude.

I no longer needed to peel myself of my skin, or to hide. To Dash the colorless ephemeral things that existed just beneath my surface were as vivid as the beauty marks he traced on my cheek.

The way to self-love and admiration is to behave like someone whom you love and admire.

When you have faith in something a lot of other people believe then you a member of the church" said Ceas, "When you have faith in something nobody believes, then you a complete wacko

It takes courage...to endure the sharp pains of self discovery rather than choose to take the dull pain of unconsciousness that would last the rest of our lives.

Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely. We can unlock our lives with a pencil tip.

Maybe I should quit the business. There's no one left for me to love. Mama's dead. Mr. Burns couldn't care less about me. What's left?

If being complicit is wanting to be a force for good and to make a positive impact, then I'm complicit.

Mormonism is a little different, but I still see them as brothers in Christ.

I'd rather people love me or hate me than have no opinion of me. Indifference is scary.

My figures come and go, suggested by fortune or misfortune. I try to fix them divested of their apparent accidental quality.

Listen, I would never judge someone who screwed their babysitter for years or knocked up their secretary, so don't ask me to.

But, I've always loved John Mayer and I think T-Pain is brilliant.