“"I trust, our Friendship though begun of late Hath been no less sincere, than intimate. Of this I’m sure; I’ve not as yet regretted, That to your Company I’ve been admitted. "”— Nathan Hale, amazon.com
“Ah, self-pity; I think we are at our most honest and sincere when we feel sorry for ourselves.”— Iain Banks, amazon.com
“Weakness drives us to set goals, to try harder, to put forth more effort, to dream and wish and hope, to reach out further and down deeper, to pray earnestly, to cry mightily, to understand and empathize with valid sincerity. In truth, weakness is a catalyst for greater strength.”— Richelle E. Goodrich, amazon.com
“When I was a kid back in Kentucky, we went to this church where my uncle preached. It was kind of a weird Baptist, full-on kind of place. People kept running up to the pulpit and grabbing his ankles and being saved. Lots of crying. Even then, at six or seven, I questioned how pure the emotion could…”— Johnny Depp, vanityfair.com