…in the blink of an eye, you might reinvent yourself…the person you were yesterday might not be the person you are tomorrow.

You don’t need water to feel like you’re drowning, do you?

Sometimes, when you don’t ask questions, it’s not because you are afraid that someone will lie to your face. It’s because you’re afraid they’ll tell you the truth.

I thought I knew this world. I thought I could control it. But just when you think you’ve got
your life by the reins, that’s when it’s most likely to run away from you.

But love wasn’t about sacrifice, and it wasn’t about falling short of someone’s expectations. By definition, love made you better than good enough; it redefined perfection to include your traits, instead of excluding them.

Heroes didn’t leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn’t wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their superpowers were as simple as listening, or loving. Heroes were ordinary people who knew that even if their own lives were impossibly knotted, they could untangle someone else’s. And maybe that one act could lead someone to rescue you right back.