“I guess what I'm trying to say is that you are there, in everything I am, in everything I've ever done, and looking back, I know that I should have told you know much you've always meant to me.”— Nicholas Sparks, Wilson Lewis, amazon.com
“It is well known that reading quickens the growth of a heart like nothing else.”— Catherynne M. Valente, amazon.com
“Funny how time and distance change you the road you take don't always lead you home You can start a love with good intentions and then you look up and it's gone”— Miranda Lambert, amazon.com
“We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.”— Virginia Satir, amazon.com
“Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, and emerges ahead of his accomplishments.”— John Steinbeck, amazon.com
“I think everyone makes a mistake at least once in their life. The important thing is what you learn from it.”— Malala Yousafzai, amazon.com
“When you dig a well, there's no sign of water until you reach it, only rocks and dirt to move out of the way.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com
“On some dimension or other, every event in life can be causing only one of two things: either it is good for you, or it is bringing up what you need to look at in order to create good for you. Evolution is win-win. Life is self-correcting.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com
“Pain isn't the truth; it's what you have to get through in order to find the truth.”— Deepak Chopra, amazon.com
“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.”— Edward Abbey, en.wikiquote.org
“Let go of certainty. The opposite isn't uncertainty. It's openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow.”— Tony Schwartz, amazon.com
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, courage, empathy, and creativity. It is the source of hope, empathy, accountability, and authenticity. If we want greater clarity in our purpose or deeper and more meaningful spiritual lives, vulnerability is the path.”— Brené Brown, amazon.com
“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, amazon.com
“Scientists recently experimented with a worm that they were able to shrink by withholding food. By periodically shrinking the worm so that it was in continual growth, the worm's life was prolonged indefinitely. Perhaps if a junkie could keep himself in a constant state of kicking, he would live to a…”— William Burroughs, amazon.com
“The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.”— Muhammad Ali, newspapers.com