“Sometimes we get sad about things and we don’t like to tell other people that we are sad about them. We like to keep it a secret. Or sometimes, we are sad but we really don’t know why we are sad, so we say we aren’t sad but we really are.” — Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

“Don’t call me beautiful I don’t care call me intelligent tell me my laugh is contagious; that I made you smile tell me I have something to offer”

“Go all the way with it. Do not back off. For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters.” — Ernest Hemingway