“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.”— Anne Frank, amazon.com
“I walked into a room and there she was by accident, I could walk into a room and there she could not be by accident, I’ve memorized the only prayer I need by heart: more.”— Bob Hicok, narrativemagazine.com
“Go, even though you love him. Go, even though he is kind and faithful and dear to you. Go, even though he's your best friend and you're his. Go, even though you can't imagine your life without him. Go, even though he adores you and your leaving will devastate him. Go, even though your friends will b…”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“You cannot convince people to love you. This is an absolute rule. No one will ever give you love because you want him or her to give it. Real love moves freely in both directions. Don’t waste your time on anything else.”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“You will learn a lot about yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love.”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“It is not so incomprehensible as you pretend, sweet pea. Love is the feeling we have for those we care deeply about and hold in high regard. It can be light as the hug we give a friend or heavy as the sacrifices we make for our children. It can be romantic, platonic, familial, fleeting, everlasting,…”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“Nobody will protect you from your suffering. You can't cry it away or eat it away or starve it away or walk it away or punch it away or even therapy it away. It's just there, and you have to survive it. You have to endure it. You have to live through it and love it and move on and be better for it a…”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“Your green eyes they don’t miss a thing They hold me like the sun going down And warm me like a fire in the night Without a sound”— Kate Wolf, amazon.com
“How many of us are still heartbroken over a guy we never dated? How many of us still go through old text messages, trying to figure out exactly where everything changed? How many of us replay old conversations and think of what we should’ve said to make us sound more chill, more laid back, less inte…”— Ashley Jones, thoughtcatalog.com
“Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow; Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead; Walk beside me, and just be my friend.”— Albert Camus, tumblr
“The most important thing in life is your family. There are days you love them, and others you don’t. But, in the end, they’re the people you always come home to. Sometimes it’s the family you’re born into and sometimes it’s the one you make for yourself.”— Carrie, fabuloussatc.tumblr.com
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.”— Oprah Winfrey, quotesvalley.com
“Your real friends are not the ones who shatter you. They are the ones that help you pick up your broken parts and stitch them back together. They are your wolf pack who growl at anyone who tries to eat you alive. They are your sisters by choice, and your sisters forever. They won’t let you go no mat…”— Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, thoughtcatalog.com
“Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.”— Charles Lamb, amazon.com
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”— C.S. Lewis, yourtango.com
“Most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be. Sometimes you’ll put up a good fight and lose. Sometimes you’ll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go. Acceptance is a small, quiet room.”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“It was strange the way he loved her; a side long and almost casual love, as if loving her were simply a matter of course, too natural to mention.”— Chad Harbach, amazon.com