“I have a system with bathrooms. I spend a lot of time in them. They are sanctuaries, public places of peace spaced throughout the world for people like me.”
"I'm fine. Well, I'm not fine - I'm here." "Is there something wrong with that?" "Absolutely."
- Ned Vizzini
Awareness
"There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time."
- Ned Vizzini
Balance
"I didn't want to wake up. I was having a much better time asleep. And that's really sad. It was almost like a reverse nightmare, like when you wake up from a nightmare you're so relieved. I woke up into a nightmare."
- Ned Vizzini
Adversity
"Sometimes I just think depression's one way of coping with the world. Like, some people get drunk, some people do drugs, some people get depressed. Because there's so much stuff out there that you have to do something to deal with it."
- Ned Vizzini
Adversity
"I can't eat and I can't sleep. I'm not doing well in terms of being a functional human, you know?"
- Ned Vizzini
Adversity
"After you have looked inward, I plead with you to look upward. The eyes that look down on yours will be those of your loving Father in Heaven who can, and will, bestow upon you all those things you hope for in righteousness. You can’t get these blessings by chasing them. Please stop running to the point of exhaustion. Be quiet; be still. Simplify. Be meek and lowly of heart, and pray. I testify to you that miracles will come when we slow down, when we calm down, and when we kneel down. All that the Father has can one day be yours [see Doctrine and Covenants 84:33–38]."
- Sister Patricia T. Holland
Inner Peace
"The only home that a man should ever need is within his heart."
- Lavi Bookman
Inner Peace
"When you lose sight of your path, listen for the destination in your heart."
- Allen Walker
Inner Peace
"You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength."
- Marcus Aurelius
Inner Peace
"The sun shines not on us but in us."
- John Muir
Inner Peace