“Why is it when you want the ground to swallow you whole, it decides to stop trying? -Ethon”

“You can say what you want about me
Try to do what you want to me
But you can not stop me.”

“Stop all this weeping, swallow your pride
You will not die, it’s not poison”

“She started walking again. "Are you saying you didn't even want to be with her? Not even just a little?"
He stopped. "How could I want to be with her when I want to be with you? I told you that before this whole thing started.”

“If you really want to live, why not try and make yourself?”

“When you are used to the kind of life -of never getting anything you want- you stop knowing what it is you want.”

“The saddest day of your life isn't when you decide to sell out. The saddest day of your life is when you decide to sell out and nobody wants to buy.”

“I would like people to recognize in looking at my story that the person who has the most to do with what happens to you is you. It's not the environment, it's not the other people who were there trying to help you or trying to stop you. It's what you decide to do and how much effort you put behind it.”

“Do you know why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories.”

“When you change for the better, the people around you will be inspired to change … But only after trying their hardest to make you stop.”