“There will always be a part of me that is dirty and sloppy, but I like that, just like all the other parts of myself.”— Matthew Quick, amazon.com
“It had been a long day, and I don’t mind saying that I cried a little bit. There is nothing wrong with crying at the end of a long day.”— Lemony Snicket, amazon.com
“You are almost there. A little courage and faith and that life will come.”— Akif Kichloo, akifkichloo.com
“At your weakest, you end up showing more strength; at your lowest, you are suddenly lifted higher than you’ve ever been. They all border one another, these opposites and show how quickly we can be altered.”— Cecelia Ahern, amazon.com
“A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.”— Khaled Hosseini, amazon.com
“How many young women have I watched weep their days away over disinterested men? To all of them, I want to say, Look up. Get a life, because he has.”— Cammie McGovern, amazon.com
“I’m independent and strong, but sometimes…just sometimes, it’s nice to be taken care of.”— Samantha Towle, amazon.com
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”— Oliver Goldsmith, amazon.com
“What I have since realized is that if people expect you to be brave, sometimes you pretend that you are, even when you are frightened down to your very bones.”— Sharon Creech, amazon.com
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”— Marcus Aurelius, amazon.com
“Some people believe holding on and hanging in there are signs of great strength. However, there are times when it takes much more strength to know when to let go and then do it.”— Ann Landers, amazon.com
“I see someone who's trying very hard. I see someone who's nervous, but stronger than she knows. I see someone who's worried, but doesn't need to be.”— Ruth Ware, amazon.com
“You must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame. How could you become new if you haven’t first become ashes?”— Friedrich Nietzsche, amazon.com