No sky Leila had seen before could compare to the beauty she was seeing above her. It didn't feel like some accident of nature but rather something that was purposefully unleashed on the world.

It was time to let go of the mad desire to remember. It was time to start living whatever life would come. In the present, not the past.

Then that's what the Northern Lights are. All the lives that we're not living.

Funny, how it took a little bit of pain to remember that certain parts of yourself were alive.

People go entire lives without figuring out exactly what they want from life. You already have it, and the future you and your dad have planned out for you in going to take it away from you.

What if she was supposed to be a painter, but no one ever gave her a brush?

I keep expecting to bump into you two on the road, but maybe the universe isn’t yet ready to handle you and me side by side again.

She wanted to reach up to the night and dig her fingers into it, beg it to stay just a little bit longer.

The very act of accepting responsibility short-circuits and cancels out any negative emotions you may be experiencing.

Temperance to be a virtue must be free, and not forced.

The better educated we are and the more acquired information we have, the better prepared shall we find our minds for making great and fruitful discoveries.

When you're young and you have money, you become the CEO, automatically, of life, of your family.

Which is scarier-- lust or temptation?

Life is too short to waste. Dreams are fulfilled only through action, not through endless planning to take action.

Just because one likes to cook up a great meal or decorate their home doesn't mean they have to do it with granite counter tops and duck a l'orange.

The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed.

The memory of my mother will always be a blessing to me.

I really love what [Donald] Trump is doing. He is doing a great job of exposing the republicans for what they really are.