Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice.

-- James Patterson, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery.

-- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

I laugh as an unfamiliar feeling envelops me. I think it might be happiness.

-- Paula Stokes, Ferocious

Today is a good day to have a great day.

-- DeWayne Owens, Wealth of Words

So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.

-- E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

「機會」從不無緣無故出現，他們是你所創造的。

Opportunities don't happen. You create them.

-- 克里斯．格羅塞爾，美國知名攝影師

Regrets killed more dreams than failure ever did.

-- Alin Sav, Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby: An Agile Primer

You don’t have to like someone, but you have to treat them as you wish to be treated.

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

The most effective way of learning is by observation and emulation.

-- Debasish Mridha, O Mundo de Aisha: A revolução silenciosa das mulheres no Iêmen

Hoy: No tiene que ser igual al día anterior, haz algo diferente que te haga crecer.

-- Lara-Hugs, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit

Even as a solid rock is unshaken by the wind, so are the wise unshaken by praise or blame.

-- Gautama Buddha, The Blood of Olympus

The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept.

-- George Carlin, The Fellowship of the Ring

Be like the flower, content with its nature.

-- Seth D., The Stars My Destination

Dreams grow bigger and bolder every time you nourish them.

-- Toni Sorenson, The Great Brain Cleanse

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry And June

如果你希望周遭環境改變，答案或許是從「改變自己」開始。

If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.

-- 諾曼．文森特．皮爾，美國牧師、作家

Books fall open, you fall in

-- David T.W. McCord, Time Cat

I personally find that for domestic purposes, the Trivial Pursuit system works better than Dewey.

-- Nick Hornby, The Polysyllabic Spree

Gnan is that which does not let kashays arise when one’s pocket is picked.

-- Dada Bhagwan, How To Not Give A F-ck In Ten Easy Steps: The Modern Lay Person's Guide To Enlightenment

... and she was awed to see that vibrant life still struggled to thrive despite such destruction.

-- Lois Lowry, Gathering Blue