James Frey citations

“If you care about what others think of you, then you will always be their slave.”

“Leonard asks me if there's anything I need to know before he dies, I think about it for a minute, turn to him, say what's the meaning of life, Leonard? He laughs, says that's an easy one, my son, it's whatever you want it to be.”

“Be patient and wait. Your mud will settle. Your water will be clear.”

“I meet a third man he's an old man he trips in the street he falls and I help him up, walk him to the curb. He shakes my hand says keep the faith, young man. I ask him what he means, he says keep running and don't let them catch you.”

“Sometimes skulls are thick. Sometimes hearts are vacant. Sometimes words don't work.”

“The wounds that never heal can only be mourned alone.”

“Pain is the feeling. Suffering is the effect the pain inflicts. If one can endure pain, one can live without suffering. If one can withstand pain, one can withstand anything. If one can learn to control pain, one can learn to control oneself.”

“I turn and I slowly walk away and I don't look back. It has always been a fault of mine, but it is the way I am. I never look back. Never.”

“There is no fear. Absolutely no fear. When one lives without fear, one cannot be broken. When one lives with fear one is broken before one begins to live.”

“More than anything, all I have ever wanted is to be close to someone. More than anything, all I have ever wanted is to feel as if I wasn't alone.”

“Part of me still loves. More of me doesn't.”

“I think of how and why and what happened and the thoughts come easily, but the answers don't.”

“Let things be, let yourself be, let everything be and accept it as it is. Nothing more. Nothing less.”

“Even a second of freedom is worth more than a lifetime of bondage.”

“Everything I know and I am and I have seen felt done past present past now then before now seen felt done hurt felt focus into a something beyond words beyond beyond beyond and it speaks now and it says.
Stay.
Fight.
Live.
Take it.”

“Be content with what you have and take joy in the way things are. When you realize you have all you need, the World belongs to you.”

“And as ridiculous as it may sound, sometimes all any of us needs in life is for someone to hold our hand and walk next to us.”

“Are we biology or God or something higher? I know my heart beats and I listen to it. The beat is biology, but what is the song?”

“I feel strong. Not strong enough to face myself, but strong enough to keep going.”

“It's cold and it's winter and the world has gone to sleep”

“The past doesn't matter. People cling to it because it allows them to ignore the present.”

“Stay.
Fight.
Live.
Take it.
Cry.
Cry.
Cry.”

“But love is different for every person. For some it's hate, for some it's joy, for some it's fear, for some it's jealousy, for some it's torture, for some it's peace. For some it's everything.”

“Be smart, be strong, be proud, live honorably and with dignity, and just hold on.”

“You only live once, buy Picassos whenever possible.”

“Trauma is survivable, but often not much more. It kills you while allowing you to still live.”

“Addicts, as a group, generally score far above average o intelligence tests.
Why?
You tell me.
I guess maybe we're smart enough to have figured out how shitty things are and we decide addiction is the only way to deal with it.”

“This is how it has always been with me. Give me something good, I’ll destroy it. Love me, I’ll destroy you. I have never felt deserving of anything in my life.”

“Laughing and Love. They are both drugs.”