I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night;

I believe that sometimes, we need to go through crappy situations. Sometimes going through things that make us suffer and struggle and scream and cry can make us appreciate the good times more.
It helps us put things into perspective.
Only in the deepest darkness do the stars shine bright.
We just have to remember in the darkness to look up at the stars.
To find the way out of our problems by looking towards the countless glimmers of light that surround us.

I don't want to be a paper girl in a paper town.
I want to be real, sincere, authentic, genuine...

I want to be someone who focuses on and talks about things that MATTER.

And there is nothing like going through a crappy situation that will help you realize the things that really do matter; the things you have to be incredibly grateful for; and the things that you need to equip yourself to back away from.

Its not easy, but that's life.

The labyrinth blows, but I chose it.

And no matter what we think,
there is magic.
Even here.

“There is magic even here; in gridlock, in loneliness, in too much work, in late nights gone too long, in shopping trolleys with broken wheels, in boredom, in tax returns, the same magic that made a man write about a princess that slept until she was kissed, long golden hair draped over a balcony and fingers pricked with needles. There is magic even here; in potholes along back-country roads, in not having the right change (you pat your pockets), arriving late and missing the last train home, the same magic that caused a woman in France to think God spoke to her, that made another sit down at the front of a bus and refuse to move, that lead a man to think that maybe the world wasn’t flat and the moon could be walked upon by human feet. There is magic. Even here.” –IWTFY