“Isn't it better to be alone than pretend you're someone else? Be you. Find you. Be happy with that.”

“Being a teenager isn't all that different from being part of someone else's story. There's always someone who thinks they know better than you do”

“You've gotten so caught up in being alone that you're afraid of what might happen if you actually find someone else that can take you away from it.”

“Trying to be better than someone else is a pure waste of time. Strive to be better than you were yesterday.”

“You need someone to lift your spirits. You need someone to look you in the face and say, "This isn't the end. Don't give up. There is a better place than this. And I'll lead you there.”

“You bought the girls drinks and you stared at their perfect bodies and you pretended that they liked you. And they pretended that they liked you, too. When you stopped spending money, they got up and pretended that they liked someone else.”

“Once you're truly happy with yourself alone, that's when you are safe to find the right person to spend the rest of your life with.”

“It's better to be hated for who you are, than to be loved for someone you're not. It's a sign of your worth sometimes, if you're hated by the right people.”

“… no sooner had you done something than someone else appeared who threatened to do it better.”

“Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as someone else.”