I desire the things that will destroy me in the end.

-- Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

People haven't always been there for me but music always has.

-- Taylor Swift, City of Bones

A single-minded purpose gives sacred strength to achieve the dream.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.

-- Joseph Brodsky, Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times: A Collection of All Original Essays from Today's (and Tom

I hope the Son is shining on you today.

-- Athena Coleman, He Uttered "Soulmate"

Isn’t materialism the cause of much that is evil in the land of mortal souls?

-- Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Usurper: And Other Stories

True education is the ultimate secret of a successful life.

-- Debasish Mridha, The Gospel of Relaxation

I have nothing but a great head to offer. Is that enough?

-- Sola Kosoko, Storm Siren

Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.

-- Søren Kierkegaard, Monsters Under Your Head

What keeps life fascinating is the constant creativity of the soul.

-- Deepak Chopra, Life After Death: The Burden of Proof

別跟豬打架，你們兩個都會弄得髒兮兮，但豬卻會很享受。

Don’t ever wrestle with a pig. You’ll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.

-- 凱奧．亞伯勒，美國傳奇賽車手

It is your duty to do your best. It is not, however, your birth-right to prevail.

-- Idries Shah, Observations

The history of your happiness is the history of your feeling connected.

-- Vironika Tugaleva, The Love Mindset: An Unconventional Guide to Healing and Happiness

The course of true love never did run smooth.

-- William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

真正重要的不是你現在的位置，而是你將往哪裡前進。

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

-- 奧利佛．溫德爾．霍姆斯，美國醫生、著名作家

A man has never told me he likes me. Like is more interesting than love.

-- Roxane Gay, Difficult Women

懶惰像生鏽一樣，比操勞更能消耗身體。

Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears.

-- 班傑明．富蘭克林，美國開國元勳

Dreams link us to those who have already left this life.

-- Doug Dillon, The Burda of al-Busiri: The Poem of the Cloak

We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Selected Works

...fairy tales, just a fancy word for lies...

-- Cecelia Ahern, If You Could See Me Now