“And if we never visit Paris, that's okay. Your heart is my exotic destination every day.”

“Refuse to blame yourself for not being 'good enough”

“Your heart plays a song like a broken music box, but nothing ever sounded quite so beautiful to me. Together, in the dance of wounded-wing swans we’ll rise above the ruins, melting into the golden light.”

“He'd been saving up his love for years and years, waiting for the right personto spend his fortune on.”

“The self-righteous scream judgments against others to hide the noise of skeletons dancing in their own closets.”

“Looking back at our lives, the unbelievable thing is that despite all the times when things felt so wrong, we still managed to meet at the perfect moment. Almost as if by some plan which we were unaware of.”

“You are the artist, and your days the canvas. Will you create an original masterpiece, or live a paint-by-numbers kind of life?”

“As you remove toxic people from your life, you free up space and emotional energy for positive, healthy relationships.”

“Out of the void and vastness of the cosmos, life emerges; audacious, improbable. You and I are here. No other miracle is needed.”

“Through your eyesI am learningto see myself.Through your heartI am learningto love myself.In the chrysalisof your acceptanceI can feel myselfbecoming.”

“Each of us is a story, waiting for a devoted reader who will take us off the shelf and embrace all our plot twists.”