“He told himself he had never felt so happy, and he felt a sort of ache that this was happening and would never again happen in just this way no matter how long he lived.”— David Guterson, amazon.com
“Pain is just a state of mind. You can think your way out of everything, even pain.”— Rodman Philbrick, amazon.com
“Feelings come and feelings go. There is no need to fear them and no need to crave them. Be open to your feelings and experience them while they are here. Then be open to the feelings that will come next. Your feelings are a part of your experience. Yet no mere feeling, however intense it may seem, i…”— Ralph Marston, goodreads.com
“I’ve been smiling at temporary faces looking into temporary eyes kissing temporary lips touching temporary bodies searching for you.”— Marisa Donnelly, tcat.tc
“We ache for the zing of a strawberry when we can no longer taste the seeds— like remembering you, bitter and beautiful on my tongue.”— Marisa Donnelly, tcat.tc
“Sometimes I wonder if beginnings have endings or if endings are only beginnings of something else.”— Marisa Donnelly, tcat.tc
“I’ve been smiling at temporary faces looking into temporary eyes kissing temporary lips touching temporary bodies searching for you.”— Marisa Donnelly, shopcatalog.com
“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. That surrender, even the smallest act of giving up, stays with me. So when I feel like quitting, I ask myself, which…”— Lance Armstrong, amazon.com
“Being open and vulnerable will lead us to, sometimes, experience pain. But what is pain? It is simply a feeling. It is not forever. If you get pain from some person or thing too many times, you can always walk away. To risk a lifetime without pleasure simply to avoid pain is ludicrous.”— Vironika Tugaleva, amazon.com
“Some people you meet and they're your friend for a day. Some you meet and you never really know at all. And then there are those who get caught inside your soul and stay there forever.”— Melodie Ramone, amazon.com
“The truth is, some relationships are supposed to last forever, and some are only supposed to last a few days. That’s the way life is.”— Sophie Kinsella, amazon.com
“All things, even the deepest sorrow or the most profound happiness are all temporary. Hope is fuel for the soul, without hope, forward motion ceases.”— Landon Parham, amazon.com
“In the unlikely event that I don't get the privilege of growing old with you, if we don't get that chance. If the universe conspires against us and the oceans stand in our way. If the fates betray us and our story fades. I will settle for one minute, a few moments, a fleeting second, just to know yo…”— Mia Hollow, miahollow.tumblr.com
“The garden is about life and beauty and the impermanence of all living things. The garden is about feeding your children, providing food for the tribe…And what a wonderful relief every so often to know who your enemy is–because in the garden, the enemy is everything: the aphids, the weather, time. A…”— Anne Lamott, amazon.com
“Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?”— Audrey Niffenegger, amazon.com