" My desires in a relationship have changed over time. I no longer want someone who promises to always love me and never leave me, I need someone who understands that life happens and sometimes things don’t work out. I don’t want someone who sugar coats things and never gets angry with me, I need someone to tell me how it really is and put me in my place. I need to be able to go five hours without talking to you and not feel lost or incomplete. I am complete without you. But with you, I want to be so much better. I want to be stronger with you. I want us to grow together and help each other grow individually. I don’t need you, but I really fucking want you. And this may not work out, but the fact that you understand all of this and this how our relationship works, makes me think we’ve got a pretty good shot. "

" The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you. "

" My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors. "

" Home is not where you were born; home is where all your attempts to escape cease. "

" Love when you’re ready, not when you’re lonely. "

" But never have I been a calm blue sea. I have always been a storm. "

" I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know? "

" There is more to loving someone than just making yourself happy. You have to want him to be happier than you are. "

" I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone. "

" May my heart be kind, my mind fierce, and my spirit brave. "