“To live is to experience things, not sit around pondering the meaning of life.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“I know only that a life without cause is a life without effect. And I can't allow that to happen to me.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Tragedy always brings about radical change in our lives, a change that is associated with the same principle: loss. When faced by any loss, there's no point in trying to recover what has been; it's best to take advantage of that large space that opens up before us and fill it with something new.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“When a sense of dissatisfaction persists, that means it was placed there by God for one reason only: you need to change everything and move forward.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Understand what is going on inside you and you will understand what is going on inside everyone else.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“The world is being created and destroyed in this very moment. Whoever you met will reappear, whoever you lost will return.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“Stop repeating the same lesson, because you won't learn anything new that way.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“At some point you have to stop acting as though life is happening to you and acknowledge the ways you are happening to it. Once you take responsibility for your side of the street, you grant yourself the power to improve every aspect of your life.”— Jillian Michaels, amazon.com
“Surviving your 20s is sometimes nothing more glamorous than just holding on for dear life on the back of an inner tube like a kid being whipped around by a speedboat…And your only choice of survival is to just let go.”— Paul Angone, amazon.com
“Life will never feel like it’s ‘supposed to…’ If always trying to live like we’re ‘supposed to,’ we’re never going to actually live.”— Paul Angone, amazon.com
“You’ll be fine. You’re 25. Feeling [unsure] and lost is part of your path. Don’t avoid it. See what those feelings are showing you and use it. Take a breath. You’ll be okay. Even if you don’t feel okay all the time.”— Louis C.K., thrillist.com
“Sometimes a wind comes up, blows you off course. You’re not ready for it, but if you’re lucky, you end up in a more interesting place than you’d planned.”— Nora Roberts, amazon.com
“Love and happiness are nothing but distractions.”— John C. Kelley, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, amazon.com
“There are three choices in this life: be good, get good, or give up.”— Eli Attie, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, amazon.com
“The problem is, the world doesn't work that way just because you want it to.”— Thomas L. Moran, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, amazon.com
“You'd be surprised what you can live without.”— Sara Hess, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, amazon.com