my roaring twenties

"That’s the thing about pain; it demands to be felt."

"If only we could see the endless string of consequences that result from our smallest actions. But we can’t know better until knowing better is useless."

"The good times and the bad times both will pass. It will pass. It will get easier. But the fact that it will get easier does not mean that it doesn’t hurt now. And when people try to minimize your pain they are doing you a disservice. And when you try to minimize your own pain you’re doing yourself a disservice. Don’t do that. The truth is that it hurts because it’s real. It hurts because it mattered. And that’s an important thing to acknowledge to yourself. But that doesn’t mean that it won’t end, that it won’t get better. Because it will."

"Why does this guy come in at 7:30 every morning, cry for four hours, and then leave?"

"Humor and sadness co-exist everywhere and always."

"Maybe there’s something you’re afraid to say, or someone you’re afraid to love, or somewhere you’re afraid to go. It’s gonna hurt. It’s gonna hurt because it matters."

"It is very sad to me that some people are so intent on leaving their mark on the world that they don’t care if that mark is a scar."