No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. - Aesop

I know my heart will never be the sameBut I'm telling myself I'll be okay - Sara Evans

What helps you persevere is your resilience and commitment. - Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

We never know which lives we influence, or when, or why. - Stephen King, 11/22/63

And now I am here, as alone as I've ever been. I am seventeen years old. This is not how it's suppose to be. This is not how my life is suppose to turn out. - Gayle Forman, If I Stay

So, have a little fun. Soon enough you'll be dead and burning in Hell with the rest of your family. - George Carlin, Brain Droppings

It shattered something inside me that hadn't been broken before. - E. Lockhart, The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver

Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don't we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we're partisans of liberty, then it's our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can! - J.R.R. Tolkien

Anthony looked down at his evil clutches -- hands, he reminded himself, hands -- and grinned anew. - Julia Quinn, The Viscount Who Loved Me

Believe in the wonderment of life, the magic of love, and the reality of death. - Carroll Bryant

This was not a fairy-tale castle and there was no such thing as a fairy-tale ending, but sometimes you could threaten to kick the handsome prince in the ham-and-eggs. - Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment

Love, too, has to be learned. - Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science

I'm the crazy girly captain, Remember? - Eoin Colfer, The Arctic Incident

The first time he'd held her hand, it felt so good that it crowded out all the bad things. It felt better than anything had ever hurt. - Rainbow Rowell, Eleanor & Park

It’s all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit. - Eartha Kitt

Are you an idiot, or an idiot?' Gargarin hissed.'The first one. I really resent being called the second. - Melina Marchetta, Froi of the Exiles

A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled surfaces. We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to set foot in it. We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope; without it the life of the cities would drive all men into crime or drugs or psychoanalysis. - Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire

In the end mortals always expired before faeries. They were such finite creatures. Their first heartbeat and breath were but a blink from death. To add the weight of nourishing his insatiable court in a time of peace was to hasten that unconscionably. - Melissa Marr, Ink Exchange

Do your own thing on your own terms and get what you came here for - Oliver James

Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own. - Bruce Lee