"I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone."

"Love does not terrify me. But the going away of it does."

"Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love."

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself."

"Life is a party. Dress for it."

"Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time."