"There is power in the act of articulating your inner world - it becomes a home for your helplessness."

"We all deserve the chance to wake up in the morning and like who we see in the mirror."

"Fear grows out of ignorance, then I needed to confront the ignorance to get at the fear."

"We make life more beautiful via subtraction." And "The best lives are often well-edited, carefully curated lives." So true! The Minimalist essays gave me such a fresh perspective on what truly is valuable in life.

"If we can't be open, if we can't a accept what we don't know, there really is no hope."

"It is not about reinventing yourself, it is about becoming who I always knew I could be."
Love Wade Rouse's memoirs!

"I promise to be there for books, because I know they will always be there for me."

"What truly seemed to matter - that inner journey, that exploration of empty corridors, that road into the self."

"The cure for thinking too much about yourself was helping some body who was worse off then you"