If I don't cry while writing a key emotional scene, my gut feeling is it's failed..

There is a hunger in you. A fearlessness. You just buried it, like most people do..

I thought, briefly, that I would never feel as intensely connected to the world, to another human being, as I did at that moment..

Sometimes when you get hammered till the small hours you feel pretty good in the morning, but really it's just because you're still a bit drunk. That….

We are all part of some great cycle, some pattern that it was only God's purpose to understand..

There is a whole lot more to life than winning..

​​​​​​You're going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. It always does feel strange to be knocked out of your comfort zone..

He smelt of the sun, as if it had seeped deep into his skin, and I found myself inhaling silently, as if he were something delicious..

Some mistakes... Just have greater consequences than others. But you don't have to let the result of one mistake be the thing that defines you. You, ….

And it was suddenly very simple: There was no choice..

Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you'd be okay..

The thing about being catapulted into a whole new life--or at least, shoved up so hard against someone else's life that you might as well have your f….

I am conscious that knowing me has caused you pain, and grief, and I hope that one day when you are less angry with me and less upset you will see no….

How could you live each day knowing that you were simply whiling away the days until your own death?.

Push yourself. Don't Settle. Just live well. Just LIVE..

I will never, ever regret the things I've done. Because most days, all you have are places in your memory that you can go to..

Astonishingly, not all girls get dressed just to please men..

You can only actually help someone who wants to be helped..

I chose to believe that God, a benign God, would understand our sufferings and forgive us our trespasses..

You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible..

You know, you spend your whole life feeling like you don't quite fit in anywhere. And then you walk into a room one day, whether it's at university ….