“There is love enough in this world for everybody, if people will just look.”— Kurt Vonnegut, amazon.com
“Ultimately, the universe doesn’t care about us. Time doesn’t care about us. That’s why we have to care about each other.”— David Levithan, amazon.com
“I love being in cities with lots of other people, because I’m reminded that there are billions of people like me, and we are each stuck inside of our minds, feverishly trying to crawl out to make connections with other people.”— John Green, youtube.com
“People were created to be loved. Things were created to be used. The reason why the world is in chaos is because things are being loved and people are being used.”— John Green, amazon.com
“Each of us carries a room within ourselves, waiting to be furnished and peopled, and if you listen closely, you may need to silence everything in your own room, you can hear the sounds of that other room inside your head.”— Susan Sontag, amazon.com
“That’s why I’m talking to you. You are one of the rare people who can separate your observation from your preconception. You see what is, where most people see what they expect.”— John Steinbeck, amazon.com
“The most memorable people in life will be the friends who loved you when you weren’t very lovable.”— Aidan Chambers, amazon.com
“I think some people are just inexplicably bonded. Drawn by forces beyond their own comprehension, they have no choice but to gravitate toward one another. Destined by fate to keep crossing paths until they finally get it right.”— L.B. Simmons, amazon.com
“There are two kinds of people in this world: those who believe there are two kinds of people in this world and those who are smart enough to know better.”— Tom Robbins, amazon.com
“This is what amazes me: that people are new every day. That they are never the same. You must always invent them, and they must always invent themselves, too.”— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com
“People say they find love, as if it were an object hidden by a rock. But love takes many forms, and it is never the same for any man and woman.”— Mitch Albom, amazon.com
“Contrary to the prevailing narrative, I don't think art is really a story of great individuals trying to make their mark upon the world. It's really lots of people working together across time and space trying to make the world suck less for ourselves and for each other.”— John Green, youtube.com
“You know, you can steel your heart against any kind of trouble, any kind of horror. But the simple act of kindness from a complete stranger will unstitch you.”— Chris Abani, ted.com
“People are rivers, always ready to move from one state of being into another. It is not fair, to treat people as if they are finished beings. Everyone is always becoming and unbecoming.”— Kathleen Winter, amazon.com
“You have so many layers, that you can peel away a few, and everyone’s so shocked or impressed that you’re baring your soul, while to you it’s nothing, because you know you’ve twenty more layers to go.”— Craig Thompson, amazon.com