“Light is much more than the absence of darkness. And you, my love, are much more than the absence of him.”

Even the wrong people and the wrong choices can bring us to the right places.

For years I could not cry. And I thought there was something wrong with me. Turns out I was crying after all – just not in tears.

There is a certain kind of light that only comes from having been through a certain kind of darkness.

I will heal and Oh what a day that will be.

I was never meant to be stagnant. I only wanted to grow.

You are only ever as lost as the next step you choose to take.

And I guess what I am really trying to say, is that I love the way you love me.

If they are still standing by your side when your armor is off. When your walls are down. When your heart is broken. And your scars are visible. Tuck them into your arms like gold. And do not let them go.

You told me everything would be okay. I wish you had said – you’ll hurt but I’ll hold you.

I do not write. My lungs just breathe in words.

What it all comes down to either way, is if you are ready.

I will tremble. But that is not to say I am not brave.

I don’t like to be called strong. I am just a weak with a side of faith.

I would rather have peaceful isolation than divided freedom. Read that again.

These times are wild but so are we.

I never loved you because you had it all together. I loved you because you were falling apart and still saw fit to let me into your world.

Courage is not the absence of fear. Courage is the ability to act effectively, in spite of fear.

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

Absence may or may not make the heart grow fonder, but it certainly freshens the eye.

Depression is the absence of hope.

Persons are judged to be great because of the positive qualities they possess, not because of the absence of faults.

The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

Absence is a house so vast that inside you will pass through its walls and hang pictures on the air.