nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose

-- Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Jo's Boys

Love is holy.

-- William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well

Smile is a talent, few don't have.

-- saadshah, Beautiful People with Beautiful Feelings

Its not how strong you are, its how firm your footing is.

-- Clive Ollies, Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps

A day unemployed is like a bagel- even when it's bad, it's still pretty good...

-- CrimethInc., Evasion

Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it.

-- Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time.

-- Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

A good reader should always have two books with him: one to read, the other one to lend.

-- Gabrielle Dubois, Lord of Shadows

I said, you're the beat of my heart, the breath in my body, the light in my soul.

-- J.D. Robb, Indulgence in Death

I seem to know a lot about myself, but can’t tell who I am.

-- Stefan Emunds, The Priest Whisperer

Life is full of grief, to exactly the degree we allow ourselves to love other people.

-- Orson Scott Card, Shadow of the Giant

Faith moves mountains, love transforms hearts.

-- John Paul Warren, Killosophy

The sun never has an inferiority complex. It shines the same whether above or below.

-- Curtis Tyrone Jones, All Hallows' Eve

It`s only the boring who are bored.

-- W. Somerset Maugham, The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing

Love means never saying goodbye.

-- Harley, The Ladybug Song

Writers are highly resistant to reality. Just as well or the human condition would go undocumented.

-- Felix Long, To Conquer Heaven

It takes a lot of courage to be happy.

-- Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, First Breath, Last Breath

If we study the Scriptures, we find the well of salvation.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, The Four Seasons Way of Life:: Ancient Wisdom for Healing and Personal Growth

A home filled with nothing but yourself. It's heavy, that lightness. It's crushing, that emptiness.

-- Margaret Atwood, The Tent

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.

-- Sue Grafton, Sacred