“I don't want to be part of a world where being kind is a weakness.”

“Failure is not the opposite of success, it is the part of success.”

“Slowly losing friends is a part of growing up.”

“Letting go is the easy part, it’s the moving on that’s painful.”

“Surrounded by hordes of people, busy with all sorts of secular matters, more and more shrewd about the ways of the world - such a person forgets himself, forgets his name divinely understood, does not dare to believe in himself, finds it too risky to be himself, far easier and safer to be like the others, to become a copy, a number, part of the crowd.”

“They'd like to think for you and a part of you would like to let them.”

“When you're growing, you will also feel like you are dying. That is because part of you is. Nobody talks about this, but you have to grieve the loss of who you were before you can fully step into who you're going to be.”

“I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in, and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea, How you decorate your home. Or party. Your grocery list. The food you make. How your writing looks. And the way you feel. Life is art.”