“The more you know yourself, the more patience you have for what you see in others.”— Erik Erikson, nytimes.com
“I know you aren’t perfect. But it’s a person’s imperfections that make them perfect for someone else.”— Stephanie Perkins, amazon.com
“Love who you love while you have them. That’s all you can do. Let them go when you must. If you know how to love, you’ll never run out.”— Ann Brashares, amazon.com
“I know exactly how that is. To love somebody who doesn’t deserve it. Because they are all you have. Because any attention is better than no attention.”— Augusten Burroughs, amazon.com
“Sometimes it’s a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.”— David Byrne, goodreads.com
“Women, in whom life abides and dwells more immediately, more fruitfully and more trustingly, are bound to have ripened more thoroughly, become more human human beings, than a man, who is all too light and has not been pulled down beneath the surface of life by the weight of a bodily fruit and who, i…”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“What goes on in your innermost being is worth all your love, this is what you must work on however you can and not waste too much time and too much energy on clarifying your attitude to other people.”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“But your solitude, even in the midst of quite foreign circumstances, will be a hold and a home for you, and leading from it you will find all the paths you need.”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“...love your solitude and bear the pain it causes you with melody wrought with lament. For the people who are close to you, you tell me, are far away, and that shows that you are beginning to create a wider space around you...take pleasure in your growth, which no one can accompany you, and be kind-…”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“(But then that is one of the severest test of an artist: he must always remain innocent and unconscious of his greatest virtues if he is to avoid depriving them of their uninhibitedness and purity.)...In spite of all this take deep pleasure in what is great about his work and must just make sure not…”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“...progress must come from deep within and cannot be forced or accelerated.”— Rainer Maria Rilke, amazon.com
“Close some doors. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they no longer lead somewhere.”— Paulo Coelho, facebook.com
“Anytime you’re gonna grow, you’re gonna lose something. You’re losing what you’re hanging on to to keep safe. You’re losing habits that you’re comfortable with; you’re losing familiarity.”— James Hillman, thesunmagazine.org
“It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn't live without him. Apparently I could.”— Gabrielle Zevin, amazon.com
“Is falling in love with someone’s story the same thing as falling in love with the person himself?”— Ally Condie, amazon.com
“You deserve peace, love, happiness and all that your heart desires. Don’t let anyone control your life and take away those things.”— Sonya Parker, onsizzle.com
“I promise you I will try harder to be better. I have battled with things inside me for longer than you know; I do not know what they are or why they are there, I only know that they feel manageable, defeatable, when I am around You.”— Tyler Knott Gregson, goodreads.com