“Don't chase after love -- instead, chase after passion. Chase after places that make you feel alive. Chase after adventure. Chase after dreams that terrify you and excite you at the same time.”— Andrea Davis, instagram.com
“Get scared. It will do you good. Smoke a bit, stare blankly at some ceilings, beat your head against some walls, refuse to see some people, paint and write. Get scared some more. Allow your little mind to do nothing but function. Stay inside, go out - I don’t care what you’ll do; but stay scared as…”— Albert Camus, amazon.com
“I know you’ve heard it a thousand times before. But it’s true – hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don’t love something, then don’t do it.”— Ray Bradbury, flavorwire.com
“Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors, played by somebody I do not know.”— John Keats, amazon.com
“How many times have people used a pen or paintbrush because they couldn’t pull the trigger?”— Virginia Woolf, amazon.com
“With time, many of the facts I learned were forgotten but I never lost the excitement of discovery.”— Paul Berg, nobelprize.org
“So fierce is the passion that burns within my heart, a raging forest fire, unstoppable and all consuming.”— Michael Faudet, twitter.com
“The thing that’s important to know is that you never know. You’re always sort of feeling your way.”— Diane Arbus, amazon.com
“I cannot simply stare at an empty paper without my pen bleeding on it.”— J. Bolen, janicebolen.tumblr.com
“A natural talent is required; for, when Nature opposes, everything else is in vain; but when Nature leads the way to what is most excellent, instruction in the art takes place, which the student must try to appropriate to himself by reflection, becoming an early pupil in a place well adapted for ins…”— Hippocrates, amazon.com
“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”— Maya Angelou, amazon.com
“You know, when it works, love is pretty amazing. It’s not overrated. There’s a reason for all those songs.”— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com