“We could change this whole world with a piano. Add a bass, some guitar, grab a beat And away we go.”— Ed Sheeran, open.spotify.com
“All I remember of my childhood is one day it wasn't there anymore.”— Umberto Contarello, Paolo Sorrentino, Lenny Belardo, Jude Law, imdb.com
“Close some doors. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they no longer lead somewhere.”— Paulo Coelho, quotethat.tumblr.com
“The trouble with setting goals is that you're constantly working towards what you used to want.”— Sarah Manguso, amazon.com
“Every new routine begins in desperation. And ends in a different desperation.”— Sarah Manguso, amazon.com
“There were people I wanted so much before I had them that the entire experience of having them was grief for my old hunger.”— Sarah Manguso, amazon.com
“The aftershocks of the first time last forever. One might take this as permission not to finish anything.”— Sarah Manguso, amazon.com
“People don't like change. But make the change fast enough and you go from one type of normal to another.”— Terry Pratchett, amazon.com
“As human beings this is how we’re designed, to shift and grow over and over again. We are built for transformation.”— Sam Maracic, soulanatomy.org
“What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free to change this destiny. One is not in bondage to the past, which has shaped…”— Anaïs Nin, amazon.com
“I was so young before New York that I believed loving myself each day would be easier there. But lying in bed, I can hear the wind, and the trees shaking because they have no choice, and I want to go someplace where the trees grow apples shiny and persistent as stars.”— Carlie Hoffman, narrativemagazine.com
“And may she travel slowly, because her pace is the pace of change, and change, real change, always takes a very long time.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Crying is like a thundershower for the soul. The air feels so wonderful after the rain. Don’t think too much. Breathe. Don’t be harsh or demanding on yourself. Just experience your feelings and know that your tears are announcing change in your life. Change is coming; like a summer rain — to wash aw…”— Bryant McGill, amazon.com
“You know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“How do you trap a big monkey in a small cage the size of a banana? Easy! You place a banana inside the cage and leave an opening large enough for the monkey’s hand, but not for the banana. As soon as the monkey grabs the banana, it’s trapped. The monkey can set itself free if it lets go of the banan…”— Ronit Baras, changingminds.org
“We are alive. We are human, with good and bad in us. That's all we know for sure. We can't create a new species or a new world. That's been done. Now we have to live within those boundaries. What are our choices? We can despair and curse, and change nothing. We can choose evil like our enemies have…”— Carol Matas, amazon.com
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”— Anne Frank, amazon.com
“It ends or it doesn't. That’s what you say. That’s how you get through it. The tunnel, the night, the pain, the love. It ends or it doesn't. If the sun never comes up, you find a way to live without it. If they don’t come back, you sleep in the middle of the bed, learn how to make enough coffee for…”— Caitlyn Siehl, mixcloud.com