“Not knowing who you are is a certain kind of hell.”

“It's hard to know what happy is if you're not sure if you've felt it before.”

“I'm afraid of everything I don't know.”

“Once in my room I don't have a goddamn clue what to do.”

“And my chest swells with an emotion I'm not familiar with . . . happiness? Pride? I'm not sure what it is, but I suddenly feel compelled to do things that will make me feel this way all the time, which gives me pause, since that seems dangerous too.”

“I should feel energized and powerful, invulnerable and potent, but all I feel is lost.”

“Letting go seems like the most powerful thing I could do.And so I do.I just let it all go.And it feels glorious.”

“Destiny doesn't always come when it's convenient or when you think it should. It comes when you're ready, whether you know it or not.”

“And where do I go? Where on Earth does a person go when she realizes there's no place for her? You can't possibly try to fit in, because if you do, if you manage to carve out some beautiful niche of happiness for yourself, then one day it will be taken from you as surely and truly as the sun rises each morning.”

“Not knowing who you are is a certain kind of hell.”