In the words of Jean de La Fountaine, 'A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

The feeling is like the ocean. Sometimes calm and still; other times, it's a hurricane.

Here's to those who wish us well, and the rest can go to hell!

It’s amazing what people create using their pain. Work that is touched by melancholy has its own unique beauty. Even the word ‘melancholy’ is pretty, the way it rolls on your tongue. I think sadness adds something to literature that is unique. It’s an ingredient like . . .” I thought for a moment. “Like salt. Salt has that power to completely transform a dish. I think sadness has that same transformative effect in literature.

I have happened in so many places, to so many people - the essence of me lives on in these nuances, these moments

Understand that we must lose our way, over and over, before we can find the best version of ourselves.