“It’s nice sometimes to open up the heart a little and let some hurt come in. It proves you’re still alive.”— Rod McKuen, amazon.com
“At dawn, when you have trouble getting out of bed, tell yourself: ‘I have to go to work – as a human being. What do I have to complain of, if I’m going to do what I was born for – the things I was brought into the world to do? Or is this what I was created for? To huddle under the blankets and stay…”— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com
“Relax. You will become an adult. You will figure out your career. You will find someone who loves you. You have a whole lifetime; time takes time. The only way to fail at life is to abstain.”— Johanna de Silentio, goodreads.com
“If you see yourself in the correct way, you are all as much an extraordinary phenomena of nature as trees, clouds, the patterns in running water, the flickering of fire, the arrangement of the stars, and the form of a galaxy. You are all just like that, and there is nothing wrong with you at all.”— Alan Watts, amazon.com
“To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.”— Kurt Vonnegut, amazon.com
“Ask yourself if you would do it if nobody would ever see it, if you would never be compensated for it, if nobody ever wanted it. If you come to a clear ‘yes’ in spite of it, then go ahead and don’t doubt it anymore.”— Ernst Haas, ernst-haas.com
“Even if your heart is broken and attacking you, you're still not better off without it.”— Rainbow Rowell, amazon.com
“I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me.”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“You should show encouragement whenever you can. People try harder when they know that someone cares about them.”— Stephanie Perkins, amazon.com