“When you finally close the book, the characters have told their story and you start up again with another book, complete with new characters and adventures. Then you find yourself focusing on the new ones, not the ones from the past.”

Everyone has their own destiny. Not everyone makes the choice to follow it. And I’m lucky I did.

They continued to watch each other from across the room, both frozen for a moment by the shadow of distant possibilities.

When you chase a dream, you learn about yourself. You learn your capabilities and limitations, and the value of hard work and persistence.

If they were meant to be together they would find a way to do it.

Love is like the wind, you can’t see it but you can feel it.

Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.

She was my dream. She made me who I am, and holding her in my arms was more natural to me than my own heartbeat.

Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are in which the ending is a surprise.

Spending time with you showed me what I’ve been missing in my life.

You always have a choice. It’s just that some people make the wrong one.

It’s impossible to protect your kids against disappointment in life.

Love is Love no matter old you are, and I knew if I gave you enough time, you’d come back to me.

Connecting with nature to find peace in a chaotic time.

Long-term relationships, the ones that matter, are all about weathering the peaks and the valleys.

The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it’s over.

Truth only means something when it’s hard to admit.

I’m far from perfect. I’m still learning. I overworked myself, and I paid the price. I consider the breakdown a breakthrough. I needed to hit rock bottom. I needed to understand the cost of pushing so hard; fighting so hard against the system.

You tasted like forever in temporary moments.

The truth is, you don’t break a bad habit; you replace it with a good one.

Even mermaids come up for air.

The people on Wall Street broke this country, and they did it one lousy mortgage at a time. It happened more than three years ago, and there has been no real accountability, and there has been no real effort to fix it.

Unbroken hearts tell no stories.

After you, I never found my way back home.

Broken glass taught me there is something so beautiful in shattering.