• “I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.”

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• "This, this is about my own some-day daughter. When you approach me, already stung-stayed with insecurity, begging, 'Mom, will I be pretty? Will I be pretty?' I will wipe that question from your mouth like cheap lipstick and answer, 'No! The word pretty is unworthy of everything you will be, and no child of mine will be contained in five letters.' " - Katie Makkai

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• “‎Close your eyes & imagine the best version of you possible. That’s who you really are, let go of any part of you that doesn’t believe it.”

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• “Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.”

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• “Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager.”

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• "Remembering that every day i’m flourishing through nurturing my intelligence, becoming healthier, setting / finishing goals, growing into myself physically, giving & receiving compassion, extending patience to myself, & choosing to be positive in the midst of insecurity or depression is my salvation "

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• “You belong to a patient God. Not to a hurry up and fix yourself God, but a be still and let me heal you God. Not a why do you keep doing this God, but a God who gives you the keys to break the cycle. God is patient, and He is pleased to take His time with you.”

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• “You’re not perfect, but you’re not your mistakes.”

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• When someone tells you that you're "too positive" shine your light so bright that you burn their retinas out.

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• "We are only here briefly, and in this moment I want to allow myself joy."

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• "It's like I'm reading a book... and it's a book I deeply love. But I'm reading it slowly now. So the words are really far apart and the spaces between the words are almost infinite. I can still feel you... and the words of our story... but it's in this endless space between the words that I'm finding myself now. It's a place that's not of the physical world. It's where everything else is that I didn't even know existed. I love you so much. But this is where I am now. And this is who I am now. And I need you to let me go. As much as I want to, I can't live in your book any more."

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• "It's not all sunshine and rainbows, but a good amount actually is."