Very occasionally, if you pay really close attention, life doesn't suck.

-- Joss Whedon, To Kill a Mockingbird

Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

-- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Tonight I can write the saddest lines I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.

-- Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

The night is still waiting.

-- Dejan Stojanovic, Circling: 1978-1987

Respect is tendered with pleasure only where it is not exacted.

-- Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, The Turgot Collection

Humanity has many shortcomings, but none is stronger than pride.

-- Fredrik Backman, Beartown

You got infinite channels and limitless rhymes, but the riddles of livin' stay undefined?

-- David Mutti Clark, Professor Brown Shoes Teaches the Blues

You never understand life until it grows inside of you.

-- Sandra Chami Kassis, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

Living in a world such as this is like dancing on a live volcano.

-- Kentetsu Takamori, Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

What is the point of being alive if you don't at least try to do something remarkable?

-- John Green, An Abundance of Katherines

Happiness depends on your mindset and attitude.

-- Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

-- Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

In 1994, the average person spent $79 on books as compared to $56 on recorded music.

-- Richard L. Brandt, A no doubt mad idea

And if you think you're alone. Put on my music. Because I'm going to be there for you.

-- Demi Lovato, The Way of Kings

STAY THE COURSE BY FORCE!

-- Qwana M. BabyGirl Reynolds-Frasier, Friend In Your Pocket "Conversations Session One"

Happiness is wanting what you have.

-- Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Achingly Alice

My library is an archive of longings.

-- Susan Sontag, As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980

You know how they say you only hurt the ones you love? Well, it works both ways.

-- Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

Great losses are great lessons.

-- Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

The more a person pushes others away, the clearer it becomes he is in need of love the most.

-- Renee Ahdieh, The Wrath and the Dawn