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When I was growing up we didn't have a massive house and there were five women running around, so my dad and I had to stick together!

I'm not saying it's going to be easy. Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. You'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it. After all, you only have one life, so you should try to make the most of it.

Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you.

Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.

I would not sit waiting for some vague tomorrow, nor for something to happen. One could wait a lifetime, and find nothing at the end of the waiting. I would begin here, I would make something happen.

You’ll be fine. You’re 25. Feeling [unsure] and lost is part of your path. Don’t avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it. Take a breath. You’ll be okay. Even if you don’t feel okay all the time.

Self-love is a good thing but self-awareness is more important. You need to once in a while go ‘Uh, I’m kind of an asshole.

Life is 10 percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.

A short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage. A short story is a photograph; a novel is a film.

This is what happened in love. One of you cried a lot and then both of you grew sarcastic.

I thought he should have realized sooner that important people don't show up very often, and you should hold on to them when they do. Maybe I was smarter than he was all along, because that was something I'd always known.

Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.