"I didn’t want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that’s really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you’re so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare."

"I can’t stand it to think my life is going so fast and I’m not really living it."

"The finest souls are those who gulped pain and avoided making others taste it."

"You have to accept that some people are not made for deep conversations, or for holding you together when you’re about to fall apart, or for keeping you from unzipping your skin, or for talking you out of suicide, or to love you through the worst moments of your life. Some people are made for shallow exchanges, and ridiculous banter, and nothing more. And that’s okay. That doesn’t make them horrible people because they simply aren’t able to handle a storm like you. It doesn’t make you a bad person because you won’t divulge all the gritty details of your horror show. It makes you smart. You have to accept that there will be people that cannot give you what you need. It doesn’t mean they are not worth keeping in your life. You just have to figure out who these ones are before you’re disappointed. And you have to keep them at arm’s length. You cannot expect everyone in your life to understand, to be nonjudgmental, to get it. But that’s okay, because not everyone was made to impart wisdom, or wax-poetic, or speak on politics and the depravity of society, or discuss how crucial it is that the stigma of mental illness be abolished. There are times when you have to get away from all that heaviness. You have to. And you will need superficial conversation about Kim Kardashian’s arse, or a debate on the colour of The Dress. You will need those ones. So don’t go round cutting people off and dropping your friends. You need people for all your seasons. You need people or you won’t survive this."

"I think I fall in love a little bit with anyone who shows me their soul. This world is so guarded and fearful. I appreciate rawness so much."

"To my future daughter,
I won’t hesitate to tell you that I am not always right. And while you may never hear me say it again, it is important you read it now. That being said I want you to know that if you’re my child the word I’m sorry will fall from your lips like rain from the clouds and you won’t know why. There may be days where you feel like you take up too much room in the cosmos, but I assure you that you don’t yet take up enough. Please do not ever apologize for your existence, instead spread your arms wide like wings and learn to fly in a way that causes others to fear your confidence. There will be people who steal your heart, others who attempt to win it and others who wait patiently for it as a gift. I can tell you now that if it feels wrong, it probably is. You may love them, they may love you, but that does not mean it is right, and that does not mean you have to stay. Sweetheart, no matter what happens to your heart, try to not fear leaving it open. There are a million stories that will never be loved because a book was not opened and your heart should not be one of them. And finally, when you are weak, look to your mother. I do not know her yet, but her strength is unlike any others. She will have put the stars in my sky by the time you know her voice. The world is yours already, I love you.
Your future Father"

"A year ago, everything was different .
I wouldn’t have pictured myself like this ,
And now that I look back, I have realized that a year can do a lot to a person ."