“I’d wish it were easier to not allow other people’s pasts to create my own present.”

“How simple it is to acknowledge that all the worry in the world could not control the future. How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and that there will never be a time when it is not now.”

“I have schizophrenia. I am not schizophrenia. I am not my mental illness. My illness is a part of me.”

“You’ve got to reach bedrock to become depressed enough before you are forced to accept the reality and enormity of the problem.”

“Forget about being impressive and commit to being real. Because being real is impressive!”

“Thoughts. Thoughts bombard my head, my brain. My psyche”

“Pessimists try to convince you the world sucks, optimists already know it does and smile anyway.”

“No, Ben. What I’m asking is: Are you the vehicle, and Georgie rides around in you? That is why Ben’s the driver, right?”

“You know what is beautiful? A real conversation with a real person.”

“I keep moving ahead, as always, knowing deep down inside that I am a good person and that I am worthy of a good life.”

“Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained.”