❝ Crying does not indicate that you are weak. Since birth, it has always been a sign that you are alive. ❞

❝ So if people ever look down upon you for crying for fictional characters, you should give them a gentle, pitying look and feel bad for them. If they’ve never cried for a fictional character, then they’ve never loved one (and what a joy that is). If they’ve never cried at a book, a movie, a piece of music, then they’ve missed one of the great pleasures life has to offer. Just because fiction does not contain things that are real doesn’t mean it doesn’t contain truth, and we find it through the alchemy of our tears. ❞

❝ There’s nothing like deep breaths after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore stomach for the right reasons. ❞

❝ My sister Christi had a baby when I was 17, and I had just heard about crib death. The horrible thing was that it wasn’t understood. For some unknown reason the baby would stop breathing. So I would sneak into where the baby was sleeping and put my hand in her crib, hold her little finger, and I’d sleep on the floor like that. It was stupid, I’m sure. But I thought the warmth of my hand might help, that maybe if she felt my pulse it would remind her to breathe. ❞

❝ Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. ❞

❝ In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. ❞

❝ I’m pretty tired of adults telling me how stupid teens are. ❞