It was like looking at a knot, knowing it was a knot, but not knowing how to untie it. I had no map for this life.

You’re not dead, but you’re not alive, either. You’re a wintergirl.

I want to go to sleep and not wake up, but I don’t want to die.

Cutting pain was a different flavor of hurt. It made it easier not to think about having my body and my family and my life stolen, made it easier not to care... -Wintergirls

We turned us into wintergirls, and when she tried to leave, I pulled her back into the snow because I was afraid to be alone.

There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn't matter anymore.

I am beginning to measure myself in strength, not pounds. Sometimes in smiles.

So, she tells me, the words dribbling out with the cranberry muffin crumbs, commas dunked in her coffee.

They yell at me because I can't see what they see. Nobody can explain to me why my eyes work different than theirs.

In one aspect, yes, I believe in ghosts, but we create them. We haunt ourselves.

Write about the emotions you fear the most.

She knows exactly what I like and what it does to me. She worships my body in its entirety and I allow it—I crave it.

What you are pleased to call Sufism is merely the record of past method.

Great salespeople are relationship builders who provide value and help their customers win.

Music that is born complex is not inherently better or worse than music that is born simple.

It is through the idealism of youth that man catches sight of truth, and in that idealism he possesses a wealth which he must never exchange for anything else.

Long friendships are like jewels, polished over time to become beautiful and enduring.

I don't see the point of photographing trees or rocks because they're there and anyone can photograph them if they're prepared to hang around and wait for the light.

Villains are very, very boring to do. They're so much easier than heroes.

The secret of confidence is focusing on what you can control, not on what you can't.

Everything I do is blown out of proportion. It really hurts my feelings.