“Perhaps it does us good…to have a fall every now and then. As long as we don’t break.”— J.M. Coetzee, amazon.com
“Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.”— Josh Billings, personal-development.com
“Problems, weaknesses, setbacks, regrets and mistakes teach you if you’re willing to learn, or they punish you if you’re not.”— Ralph Marston, twitter.com
“Some days you must learn a great deal. But you should also have days when you allow what is already in you to swell up and touch everything. If you never let that happen, then you just accumulate facts, and they begin to rattle around inside of you.”— E.L. Konigsburg, goodreads.com
“It seems to me that the years between eighteen and twenty-eight are the hardest, psychologically. It’s then you realize this is make or break, you no longer have the excuse of youth, and it is time to become an adult – but you are not ready.”— Helen Mirrin, amazon.com
“While looking for the light, you may suddenly be devoured by the darkness and find the true light.”— Jack Kerouac, amazon.com
“I hope that I’m always struggling, really. You develop when you’re struggling. When you’re struggling, you get stronger.”— Andrew Garfield, mtv.com
“As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won’t let my spirit be destroyed.”— Banana Yoshimoto, amazon.com
“While looking for the light, you may suddenly be devoured by the darkness and find the true light.”— Jack Kerouac, amazon.com
“Self-esteem comes from who you have in your life. How you were raised. What you struggled with as a child.”— Halle Berry, etonline.com
“When your heart is broken you plant seeds in the cracks and you pray for rain.”— Andrea Gibson, amazon.com
“He in his madness prays for storms, and dreams that storms will bring him peace.”— Mikhail Lermontov, amazon.com
“He was no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, because yesterday had brought it.”— Neil Gaiman, amazon.com
“Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.’”— Madeleine L'Engle, amazon.com