"Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart."-- Khalil Gibran

"If you love somebody, let them go, for if they return, they were always yours. If they don’t, they never were."-- Khalil Gibran

Don't let circumstances control you. You change your circulstances

"We don't see you as a problem. We see you as an opportunity" Josh Shipp

"You only go around once, but if you play your cards right, once is enough."--Frank Sinatra

Don’t hide your scars. They make you who you are.

If you don’t become the ocean, you’ll be seasick every day.

Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty.

How can I begin anything new with all of yesterday in me?

Children show scars like medals. Lovers use them as a secret to reveal. A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world.

There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in