“Tragedy depends on the way you see it. If you chose to be a victim of the world, anything which happens to you will feed that dark side of your soul, where you consider yourself wronged, suffering, guilty and deserving punishment. If you choose to be an adventurer, the changes – even the inevitable…”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“It’s not about the light — but how dark it makes you depending on where you stand.”— Ocean Vuong, thenation.com
“There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.”— Jodi Picoult, amazon.com