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Most of the time, I find life doesn’t go the way you want it to. But most of the time, things turn out the way they should.

Good things in books shouldn’t just stay in ink and on paper. I want things happening around me to be good stories that can be shared with others.

We only get one shot in life, and we’re living it now.

So, don’t fear falling in love. When you’re lonely, and when you hate being alone, come to me. If you come, my door will always be open for you.

A life surrounded by good people is a successful life. It might not be success as defined by society, but thanks to the people around you, each day is a successful day.

A life without dreams is as dry as a life without tears.

Being relaxed or relieved is not the state that we always have to be in. Sometimes, there’s a need to hold on to the frustration of the situation, to the complexity of things as you think and ponder.

Life is mysterious and complex. Work plays an important role in life, but it isn’t solely responsible for our happiness or misery.

Life is too complicated and expansive to be judged solely by the career you have. You could be unhappy doing something you liked, just as it was possible to do what you didn’t like but derive happiness from something entirely different.

I think life becomes easier knowing that happiness is not that far out of reach.

Happiness is never beyond reach. It’s not in the distant past, nor on the horizon of the future. It’s right in front of me.

Knowing that we’re not alone in our misery gives us strength. It’s like I’d thought I was the only miserable soul, but now I think, Oh, everyone’s the same. The pain remains, but somehow, it feels lighter.

If there’s something I learnt from reading, it’s that all writers were once there. At the bottom of the well. Some only just climbed out, others did a long time ago. But everyone says the same thing – I’ll end up inside again.

Every possibility starts from something small – like the apple juice you drink every morning – but it can change everything.

I should stop labelling myself an inadequate person. I still have opportunities, don’t I? Opportunities to act kindly, to speak with compassion. Even a disappointing human like myself can still be, occasionally, a good person. The idea gives me strength. And for the days ahead, hope.

A small act of kindness in the eyes of others could be heard as ‘I’m your fan’. We’re all inadequate, weak and ordinary beings. But because we’re capable of being kind, for a moment – no matter how fleeting – we can be extraordinary.

If more people read, I think the world would become a better place.

Reading makes you see with clearer eyes and understand the world better. When you can do that, you become stronger – the feeling you associate with success. But at the same time, it gives you pain. Within the pages, there’s much suffering, beyond what we’ve gone through in our finite experience of life.

When authors delve deep into their understanding of life to touch the hearts of readers, helping them to navigate life, isn’t that what a good book should be?

Every one of us is like an island; alone and lonely. It’s not a bad thing. Solitude sets us free, just as loneliness brings depth to our lives.

The tears wouldn’t stop, but you know, when we feel like crying, we should let it all out. Forcing them back only makes the wounds heal slower.

Real people were both good and bad, all mixed up together, only the screen made everyone into basic silhouettes. The resulting image could appear either way depending on which way you turned it, which details you showed.

A dog without a collar is just animal. If the world doesn’t know you are loved, then you’re trash. I think that’s even true of people. Maybe. Sometimes. Or I fear it is. That being loved is the only way to be safe.

We said always, didn’t we? Always. Well, if you don’t want that promise in full any longer, I’ll give it to you in increments. Every day. I’ll choose you. That way you’ll know it’s still what I want.

Love isn’t as pretty or pure as people like to think. There’s a darkness in it sometimes. Kaine and I go hand in hand. I made him who he is. I knew what that array meant when I saved him. If he’s a monster, then I’m his creator.

Harry, there is never a perfect answer in this messy, emotional world. Perfection is beyond the reach of humankind, beyond the reach of magic. In every shining moment of happiness is that drop of poison: the knowledge that pain will come again. Be honest to those you love, show your pain. To suffer is as human as to breathe.

Sometimes costs are made to be borne.

I think you have to make a choice — at a certain point — of the man you want to be. And I tell you that at that time you need a parent or a friend. And if you’ve learnt to hate your parent by then and you have no friends . . . then you’re all alone. And being alone — that’s so hard.

Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love.

The people we love help teach us who we are.
The best versions of who we are, if we’re lucky.