That's the problem with memories: you can visit them, but you can't live in them.

Depression isn't a war you win. It's a battle you fight every day. You never stop, never get to rest. It's one bloody fray after another.

I saw the world from the stars' point of view, and it looked unbearably lonely.

We remember the past, live in the present, and write the future.

Dreams are hopeful because they exist as pure possibility. Unlike memories, which are fossils, long dead and buried deep.

We're not words, Henry, we're people.Words are how others define us, but we can define ourselves any way we choose.

Because you can only die once but you can suffer forever.

I was diamond on the outside, and I would not break.Inside, though, I was already broken.

But that's the difference between people and stars. A star's light still shines even if there's no one to see it, but without someone to remember Jesse, his light will disappear.

How ugly we must look to them, spilling light into every dark corner to push back the shadows, blinding ourselves to the true beauty of emptiness.

Milkshakes make the world seem less shitty.

A vision should be attainable subject to current times and its ability to adapt to changing times.

I am a practical girl, and a life is only so long. It should be spent in as much peace and good eating and good reading as possible and no undue excitement. That is all I am after.

The fenced-in dog barks at the one running free.

Our happiness depends on the habit of mind we cultivate. So practice happy thinking every day. Cultivate the merry heart develop the happiness habit and life will become a continual feast.

I've always wanted to make movies.

Most writers adore their editors, and I'm no exception.

If you don't have a dream in life, I don't know what you have. You have to want something beyond your reach; it's exciting when it works out.

The wearer of smiles and the bearer of a kindly disposition needs no introduction, but is welcome anywhere.

I want you to feel what I felt. I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth.

The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect.