“It is how we perceive ourselves that matters. True courage isn’t about being brave. True beauty isn’t about being beautiful. True courage is about being real. True beauty is about being happy.” — R.K. Ryals Copy Share Image
“There's only so much I can do aside from locking him in his room or super gluing a condom to his penis” — R.K. Ryals Copy Share Image
“I wasn't just tied to the beast, we were somehow part of the same person. The freakishly opposite sides of the same f*ing coin."… — R.K. Ryals Copy Share Image
“Hope is our way of capturing the world. Our way of holding onto every day to get to the next. I am hope.” — R.K. Ryals Copy Share Image
“I look down at Emma, at the back of her neck, at the way she reaches up to rub bloody tears from her cheeks.… — R.K. Ryals Copy Share Image
“Love isn’t about happy endings where knowing every day from here on out will be full of sunshine and rainbows. Love is about obstacles,… — R.K. Ryals Copy Share Image
“I look into the eyes of the world, and what do I see? I see the eyes of the world looking back at me.” — R.K. Ryals Copy Share Image
“Tell me,” I whispered, “if you were in love would you want it to be perfect love? Would you want it to be the… — R.K. Ryals Copy Share Image
“I stared at the night's first stars, as if their twilight-dimmed glow would reveal something to me, give me answers to the universe I… — R.K. Ryals Copy Share Image
“Life isn't about getting what we want. It's about turning the crappy cards we're dealt into a winning hand,” — R.K. Ryals Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing wrong with emotional scars. Sometimes those are deeper than physical ones.” I” — R.K. Ryals Copy Share Image
