“That’s the thing about a human life-there’s no control group, no way to ever know how any of us would have turned out if any variables had been changed.”— Daniel Keyes, amazon.com
“I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. If you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no good. Hot is no good, either. White hot and pa…”— Roald Dahl, amazon.com
“I know it’s not easy for you, living this life, but try to remember, always try to remember, you’re not the only one with troubles.”— Laini Taylor, amazon.com
“What horrifies me most is the idea of being useless: well-educated, brilliantly promising, and fading out into an indifferent middle age.”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com
“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.”— Madeleine L'Engle, amazon.com
“It seems to me that the years between eighteen and twenty-eight are the hardest, psychologically. It’s then you realize this is make or break, you no longer have the excuse of youth, and it is time to become an adult – but you are not ready.”— Helen Mirren, amazon.com
“So, what if, instead of thinking about solving your whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.”— Rainbow Rowell, amazon.com
“Some people are born with tornadoes in their lives, but constellations in their eyes. Other people are born with stars at their feet, but their souls are lost at sea.”— Nikita Gill, meanwhilepoetry.tumblr.com
“Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.”— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com
“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.”— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com
“There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance. We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love o…”— John Lennon, goodreads.com
“There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story.”— Frank Herbert, sinanvural.com
“You’ll ache. And you’re going to love it. It will crush you. And you’re still going to love all of it. Doesn’t it sound lovely beyond belief?”— Ernest Hemingway, amazon.com
“Let all who prate of Beauty hold their peace, And lay them prone upon the earth and cease To ponder on themselves, the while they stare At nothing, intricately drawn nowhere.”— Edna St. Vincent Millay, amazon.com
“People aren’t supposed to look back. I’m certainly not going to do it anymore.”— Kurt Vonnegut, amazon.com