Latest Quotes

“I'm winning you with words because I have no other way.”

— Jaymay, Grey or Blue by Jaymay (lyrics included)

“You can't fake the core.”

— Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

“Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow.”

— Jay Z, Decoded

“Money’s the cheapest thing. Liberty and freedom is the most expensive”

— Bill Cunningham, Bill Cunningham, Legendary Times Fashion Photographer, Dies at 87

“we were brave and battling for everything we'll never do in a way it's mattering more in memory I see your face with a softness owning you we were dancing in the rays of sun trace lines of cheek and neck in a way i couldn't do before that feeling set make the eyes glow bright and fun with a softness…”

— Noel Heroux, Realize It's Not the Sun

“I am crying, too, because I'm feeling things at last. I'm feeling not just the physical pain, but all that I have lost, and it is profound and catastrophic and will leave a crater in me that nothing will ever fill. But I'm also feeling all that I have in my life, which, includes what I have lost, as…”

— Gayle Forman, Mia, If I Stay

“I was twelve. What did I know? How could I have imagined then how alone I would become.”

— Dorianne Laux, "My Brother's Grave," Facts About The Moon

“You see, my young ladies knew that in order to prevail, they needed to think like champions. That means stepping up, no matter what kind of obstacles life puts in front of you. It means digging deep within yourself and finding the will to fight, no matter how many times you get knocked down. Most of…”

— Vivian Stringer, Standing Tall: A Memoir Of Tragedy And Triumph

“I hope we get lost and find ourselves in each other’s arms.”

— Marisa Donnelly, I Don’t Know Where I’m Headed, But I Hope It’s Somewhere With You

“Life wants each of us to live on the A Team. Wider, ever more intense Acceptance of good in our lives. Wider, ever more intense Awareness of good in our lives. Wider, ever more intense Action for good in our lives.”

— Laura Teresa Marquez, upwardjoy.com

“Oh no. Don't smile. You'll kill me. I stop breathing when you smile.”

— Tessa Dare, A Lady Of Persuasian

“If you're going to expend energy being mad about Photoshop, you'll also have to be mad about earrings. No one's ears are that sparkly.”

— Tina Fey, Bossypants

“It will never be perfect, but perfect is overrated. Perfect is boring.”

— Tina Fey, Bossypants

“A person’s tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep grooves into our brains each time we tell it. But we aren’t one story. We can change our stories.”

— Amy Poehler, Yes Please

“Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.”

— Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking

“Resentment is like drinking a poison and waiting for the other person to die.”

— Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking

“One look I cannot resist, A single touch I do desire. I crave the fruit of your tree. Never did sin taste so sweet.”

— Mirtha Michelle Castro, Letters, To The Men I Have Loved

“Respect isn’t something you command through intimidation and intellectual bullying. It’s something you build through a long life of treating people how you want to be treated.”

— Lena Dunham, Not That Kind of Girl

“You’ve got to try and take things to the next level, or you’ll just get stuck in a rut.”

— Ozzy Osbourne, I Am Ozzy

“Hating people isn’t a productive way of living. So what’s the point in hating anyone? There’s enough hate in the world as it is, without me adding to it.”

— Ozzy Osbourne, I Am Ozzy