"My greatest victory has been to be able to live with myself, to accept my shortcomings. I’m a long way from the human being I’d liked to be, but I’ve decided I’m not so bad after all."

"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen."

"Found out something today.
When I did, it felt like a bucket of cold water was splashed at me and I just stood there- stunned- stuck in my head and trying to figure out how to react.
I don’t know whether to cry at the stinging reality of that discovery or to laugh at the piteousness of the situation that I allow myself to be in. It was a bit funny really. I slowly shook my head, sighed, smirked, and for a moment preached to myself: “You knew this could happen.”
There was disappointment, yes, but there’s also relenting. It’s like yielding to the inevitable after some period of hoping for a happy ending."