"Struggling and suffering are the essence of a life worth living. If you're not pushing yourself beyond the comfort zone, if you're not demanding more from yourself - expanding and learning as you go - you're choosing a numb existence. You're denying yourself an extraordinary trip."

"It would be so nice if something made sense for a change."

"Some things take so longBut how do I explainWhen not too many peopleCan see we're all the sameAnd because of all their tearsYour eyes can't hope to seeThe beauty that surrounds themNow, isn't it a pity"

"And life is what we make it.Always has been, always will be."

"Lo esperado no sucede. Es lo inesperado lo que acontece."

"Surely the earth can be savedby all the peoplewho insiston love."

"Women and men who have established no-lie relationships talk about them with reverence, even when they are not permanent and, in fact, even when they are not romantic. Why? In the no-lie relationship there is acceptance of who each partner is, rather than a shallow idealization. There is a genuine commitment to the relationship beyond the immediate. You each act as though you are in a real partnership that will last."

"There's so much destruction all over the world - and all you can do is complain about ME!"

"But spending your life concentrating on death is like watching a whole movie and thinking only about the credits that are going to roll at the end. It’s a mistake of emphasis."

"If life was a dream, then dying must be the moment when you woke up. It was so simple it must be true. You died, the dream was over, you woke up. That's what people meant when they talked about going to heaven. It was like waking up."

"[O]ur honeymoon will shine our life long: its beams will only fade over your grave or mine."

"I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them."

"Life is a journey, Frannie darling," Feagan had once told me. "Choose well those with whom you travel."As always, I've followed Feagan's counsel."

"…when writing, always hook the reader with your first sentence…in love, never settle…value yourself first and this will help you to value others…life is short, so enjoy it to the fullest…everyone in the world is different, and that’s ok…"

"To treat a person like a carpet, it is necessary that one do the walking, and one allow himself to be walked on.--Shin'a'in saying"

"In the end,The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go."

"if youre never scared, or embarased, or hurt, it means you never take any chances."

"In a dog's life, some plaster would fall, some cushions would open, some rugs would shred. Like any relationship, this one had its costs. They were costs we came to accept and balance against the joy and amusement and protection and companionship he gave us."

"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley."

"If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new."

"I'm a completely worthless woman and no man should risk his life for me."

"You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water..."