If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. - Mother Teresa

Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it. - Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake

Don't leave a piece of jewelry at his house so you can go back and get it later he may be with his real girlfriend. - Amy Sedaris, I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence

Soul connections are not often found and are worth every bit of fight left in you to keep. - Shannon L. Alder

A real relationship is two-way. - Sophie Kinsella, Can You Keep a Secret?

. . . when it comes down to it, that’s what life is all about: showing up for the people you love, again and again, until you can’t show up anymore. - Rebecca Walker, Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence

As we all know, blinking lights means science. - Joss Whedon

Every challenge you face today makes you stronger tomorrow. The challenge of life is intended to make you better, not bitter. - Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes. - Nikolai Gogol

That was the thing. You never got used to it, the idea of someone being gone. Just when you think it's reconciled, accepted, someone points it out to you, and it just hits you all over again, that shocking. - Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

Garrick was panting when he replied, “You’re not forcing me to do anything. I just want you to be sure. You can say stop at anytime.” His lips pulled wide. “You don’t need to make up a new pet. - Cora Carmack, Losing It

Vengeance is sweet. Vengeance taken when the vengee isn't sure who the venger is, is sweeter still. - Gary D. Schmidt, The Wednesday Wars

It is not a daily increase, but a daily decrease. Hack away at the inessentials. - Bruce Lee

When humor goes, there goes civilization. - Erma Bombeck

Living simply makes loving simple. - bell hooks

I told him I was going to betray you, and betray Lyra, and he believed me because I was corrupt and full of wickedness; he looked so deep I felt sure he'd see the truth. But I lied too well. I was lying with every nerve and fiber and everything I'd ever done...I wanted him to find no good in me, and he didn't. There is none. - Philip Pullman, The Amber Spyglass

I love the ground under his feet, and the air over his head, and everything he touches and every word he says. I love all his looks, and all his actions and him entirely and all together. - Emily Brontë

It is an absolute human certainty that no one can know his own beauty or perceive a sense of his own worth until it has been reflected back to him in the mirror of another loving, caring human being. - John Joseph Powell, The Secret of Staying in Love

I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact. - Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life. - Kakuzō Okakura, The Book of Tea