“Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.”— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com
“I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment — we are all defined by something we can’t change.”— Simon Van Booy, amazon.com
“If you expect the battle to be insurmountable, you've met the enemy. It's you.”— Khang Kijarro Nguyen, goodreads.com
“The planet does not need more successful people. The planet desperately needs more peacemakers, healers, restorers, storytellers and lovers of all kind.”— David W. Orr, amazon.com
“He’s a beautiful person. He always tells me: ‘We’ve got to find a way to win by losing.’ In the eyes of society, we’ve lost already. Everyone in here is a loser. We can either be angry about it, or we can keep trying to grow.”— Anonymous, humansofnewyork.com
“In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue. It’s not cool to not know what you’re talking about. That’s not keeping it real or telling it like it is. That’s not challenging political correctness. That’s just not knowing what you’re talking about.”— Barack Obama, vox.com
“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. And I am h…”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com
“The useless days will add up to something. The shitty waitressing jobs. The hours writing in your journal. The long meandering walks. The hours reading poetry and story collections and novels and dead people’s diaries and wondering about sex and God and whether you should shave under your arms or no…”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“I learned that it was in hard times that people usually changed the course of their life; in good times, they frequently only talked about change. Hard times forced them to overcome the doubts that normally gave them pause.It surprised me how often we hold ourselves back until we have no choice.”— Po Bronson, amazon.com
“You may do this, I tell you, it is permitted. Begin again the story of your life.”— Jane Hirshfield, amazon.com
“If you can love someone with your whole heart, even one person, then there's salvation in life. Even if you can't get together with that person.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Every being in this world makes an impact on at least one person they encounter during their lifetime. You can change the course of someone’s life by just a kind word, a hateful one, or even by simply choosing not to say anything at all. Every choice you make has the potential to create a ripple eff…”— L.B. Simmons, amazon.com
“I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again.”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com
“Perhaps it is not necessary to franticly complete a to-do list. Perhaps it is not necessary to overly focus on the future or even focus on the future at all. Perhaps it’s more important to live the moments, to look for the meaning in the simple day-to-day moments.”— Monique Rainford-Bourne, thoughtcatalog.com
“I know I'm not going to be able to change the world, but I think it's important to try to make a difference.”— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com
“But it is not bravery; I have no choice. I wake up and live my life. Don’t you do the same?”— Anthony Doerr, amazon.com