“These days I spend more time in countries that are statically safer by a long-shot than the USA, so by leaving home I am actually decreasing the chances of something sinister happening.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“Each time I walk into a hostel I make five new friends, each time a local takes interest in why I’m alone, I get invited to a family dinner or a cool local ceremony.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“Maybe those around you expressed concern or tried to talk you out of it, because the idea of a girl traveling on her own still, unfortunately, draws some skepticism.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“If we end it right in the throes of infatuation, remembering it only for the nights entangled in romance and lust, before there could be any complications or hurt pride, then we’ll both be safe.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“I might know that you love Metallica thanks to Spotify but I may never know your Sunday morning routine.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“You see, the lovely thing about you is the person who you are right here, without the pressures of real life and the stress of where the next paycheck will come from.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“We skirt the issue of tomorrow and with every passing day, when each sunset lights up the sky, we pretend that the shelf life this has doesn’t exist.”— Kristin Addis, thoughtcatalog.com
“What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.”— Donald Trump, twitter.com
“In the end, you're measured not by how much you undertake, but by what you finally accomplish.”— Donald Trump, twitter.com
“Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”— Rumi, amazon.com
“I realized I was afraid of living without him. How is it you have the right to destroy my life, I wanted to demand of him, but I’m not allowed a say in yours?”— Jojo Moyes, amazon.com
“I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.”— Elizabeth Gilbert, amazon.com
“Remember: the time you feel lonely is the time you most need to be by yourself. Life's cruelest irony.”— Douglas Coupland, amazon.com
“But Guzim’s was the face we saw every day, the man who said good morning and good night to my girl, who smiled and cooed and remarked on her growth, her smile and her first words.”— Julie Margaret Hogben, nytimes.com