You have to fail in order to practice being brave.

It’s the artists who do the dreaming for society.

Maybe who we are isn't so much about what we do, but rather what we're capable of when we least expect it.

Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its troubles, but it empties it of its strength.

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

In all our searching, the only thing we’ve found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.

Set wide the window. Let me drink the day.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

Act as if someone just said there’s no reason to be afraid.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.

Resilience — the ability to brush off pain.