“When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.”— Dale Carnegie, amazon.com
“I hated myself for needing him at such times, for craving his strength whenever I felt upset.”— Kathy Reichs, amazon.com
“I promise you I will try harder to be better. I have battled with things inside me for longer than you know; I do not know what they are or why they are there, I only know that they feel manageable, defeatable, when I am around You.”— Tyler Knott Gregson, goodreads.com
“And some will break you, some will destroy you, and some will even end you. And still, you will love the next as if you've never been hurt. And that's what makes you, you, despite the bullshit people bring, you smile as if nothing has ever happened ... and that's why I love you and I hope you never…”— R. M. Drake, instagram.com
“The flowers were so beautiful, so delicate and unthreatening, but they choked everything around them.”— Scott Westerfeld, amazon.com
“The only dream worth having is to dream that you will live while you are alive, and die only when you are dead. To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places.…”— Arundhati Roy, amazon.com
“Stronger than lover’s love is lover’s hate. Incurable, in each, the wounds they make.”— Euripides, amazon.com
“Scar tissue is stronger than regular tissue. Realize the strength, move on.”— Henry Rollins, huffingtonpost.com
“But when the strong were too weak to hurt the weak, the weak had to be strong enough to leave.”— Milan Kundera, amazon.com
“Even in its darkest passages, the heart is unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is more meaningful that the human spirit prevails.”— Dave Pelzer, amazon.com
“Sometimes suffering is just suffering. It doesn’t make you stronger. It doesn’t build character. It only hurts.”— Kate Jacobs, amazon.com
“Most people carry that pain around inside them their whole lives, until they kill the pain by other means, or until it kills them. But you, my friends, you found another way: a way to use the pain. To burn it as fuel, for light and warmth. You have learned to break the world that has tried to break…”— Lev Grossman, amazon.com
“Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that, despite your best efforts, will always bring you to your knees, regardless of how strong you are otherwise.”— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com
“It is time which imparts strength to all things and brings them to maturity.”— Hippocrates, amazon.com
“This world is not enough, but it will have to do. You can either hold on or let go.”— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com