Everybody dies. Including your messiahs. And gods.

-- Fakeer Ishavardas, The King

In a time of destruction, create something.

-- Maxine Hong Kingston, Anna and the French Kiss

We accept the love we think we deserve.

-- Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower

And thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on.

-- George Gordon Byron, City of Bones

Somewhere underneath it all, I know he doesn't deserve to take up space in my brain.

-- Susane Colasanti, Take Me There

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.

-- Franz Kafka, The Living

But what good is it to teach a child to count, if you don't show him that he counts for something?

-- Chris Cleave, Everyone Brave is Forgiven, JUMP, FALL, FLY From Schooling to Homeschooling to Unschooling

My brain tells me it will be better to just let him go. My heart... not so much.

-- Simone Elkeles, Return to Paradise

Love a woman as a goddess, then love becomes worship.

-- Osho, The Search: Finding Your Inner Power, Your Potential

The least learned, for the most part, have been always most ready to write.

-- Roger Ascham, Education of a Wandering Man

What really happened doesn't matter. What matters is how we agree to remember it.

-- Leila Sales, Past Perfect

Leaders are limited by their vision rather than by their abilities.

-- Roy T. Bennett, A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles"

There are worse prisons than words.

-- Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

When people want to be liked for what they did, they should stop.

-- Karl Lagerfeld, ديوان الإمام الشافعي

JOY goes against the foundations of mathematics: it multiplies when we divide.

-- Paulo Coelho, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

Dreams of success often get in the way of actual success.

-- Felix Long, To Conquer Heaven

Publication is a marathon, not a sprint. Writing the book is only the start.

-- Jo Linsdell, The Reader

No! Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.

-- George Lucas, The Star Wars Trilogy

Don’t give up. You have invested a lot of time already.

-- Israelmore Ayivor, Become a Better You

I believe in what you see is what you get, but I also believe in what you see is getting better.

-- DeWayne Owens, The Book on What Ever You're Into: These Are the 52 Timeless Winning Truths You Need to Know to Have