“One small crack does not mean that you are broken, it means that you were put to the test and you didn’t fall apart.”

“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you’ve felt that way.”

“There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t.”

“My dark days made me strong. Or maybe I already was strong, and they made me prove it.”

“You can’t control everything. Sometimes you just need to relax and have faith that things will work out. Let go a little and just let life happen.”

“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.”

“Emotional pain is not something that should be hidden away and never spoken about. There is truth in your pain, there is growth in your pain, but only if it’s first brought out into the open.”

“You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”