“Everyone is always going through tough things, the irony in it is that everyone thinks what they’re going through is just as hard as what you are. Life isn’t about surviving this, it’s about understanding this.”— Nicholas Sparks, goodreads.com
“My feeling is that there is nothing in life but refraining from hurting others, and comforting those who are sad.”— Olive Schreiner, amazon.com
“The consequence of this is that I’m always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty, and I wonder how the same thing can be both.”— Markus Zusak, amazon.com
“And I’ve noticed something about people who make a difference in the world: They hold the unshakable conviction that individuals are extremely important, that every life matters. They get excited over one smile. They are willing to feed one stomach, educate one mind, and treat one wound. They aren’t…”— Beth Clark, amazon.com
“People shouldn’t have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty.”— Maggie Stiefvater, amazon.com
“There are rare people who will fuel the fire inside of you, who will awaken a dormant passion, who will push you and better you. She alone is my rarity.”— Krista Ritchie, amazon.com
“Memories and thoughts age, just as people do. But certain thoughts can never age, and certain memories can never fade.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“There are some people you’ll never see again. At least, not in the same way.”— Iain Thomas, amazon.com
“Just remember that sometimes, the way you think about a person isn’t the way they actually are.”— John Green, amazon.com
“No one knows for certain how much impact they have on the lives of other people. Oftentimes, we have no clue. Yet we push it just the same.”— Jay Asher, amazon.com
“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive.”— Howard Thurman, amazon.com
“We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.”— J. K. Rowling, amazon.com
“Do you think it’s possible that some people are born to give more love than they will ever get back in return?”— Tyler Knott Gregson, amazon.com
“The real heroes anyway aren’t the people doing things; the real heroes are the people noticing things, paying attention.”— John Green, amazon.com
“I am not sure that I exist, actually. I am all the writers that I have read, all the people that I have met, all the women that I have loved; all the cities I have visited.”— Jorge Luis Borges, theguardian.com
“People only tell lies when there is something they are terribly frightened of losing.”— Orhan Pamuk, amazon.com
“That was one of the saddest things about people—their most important thoughts and feelings often went unspoken and barely understood.”— Alexandra Adornetto, amazon.com