Forget about being impressive and commit to being real. Because being real is impressive!

— Jonathan Harnisch

How simple it is to acknowledge that all the worry in the world could not control the future. How simple it is to see that we can only be happy now, and that there will never be a time when it is not now.

— Jonathan Harnisch

I’d wish it were easier to not allow other people’s pasts to create my own present.

— Jonathan Harnisch

I have schizophrenia. I am not schizophrenia. Furthermore, I am not my mental illness. My illness is a part of me.

— Jonathan Harnisch

I keep moving ahead, as always, knowing deep down inside that I am a good person and that I am worthy of a good life.

— Jonathan Harnisch

I’ve always loved the night, when everyone else is asleep and the world is all mine. It’s quiet and dark—the perfect time for creativity.

— Jonathan Harnisch

I wanted a complicated life.

— Jonathan Harnisch

No, Ben. What I’m asking is: Are you the vehicle, and Georgie rides around in you? That is why Ben’s the driver, right?

— Jonathan Harnisch

Pessimists try to convince you the world sucks, optimists already know it does and smile anyway.

— Jonathan Harnisch

Sadly enough, the most painful goodbyes are the ones that are left unsaid and never explained.

— Jonathan Harnisch