Oh, for the years I have not lived, but only dreamed of living.

-- Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Light in the Heart

An extreme fearfulness moves through all your body, and your mind is troubled more.

-- Compton Gage, Principia Humanitas

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

-- Audrey Hepburn, Letters to a Young Poet

Never give a lousy person the opportunity to create lousy babies.

-- Roberto Hogue, Real Secrets of Sex: A Women's Guide on How to Be Good in Bed

If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit.

-- Thomas Merton, Thoughts in Solitude

Too often in my life, love has been defined as "humiliation with occasional roses".

-- Deb Caletti, The Secret Life of Prince Charming

It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.

-- Zig Ziglar, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

My little dog—a heartbeat at my feet.

-- Edith Wharton, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

That I shall love always, I argue thee that love is life, and life hath immortality

-- Emily Dickinson, The Blood of Olympus

People are successful because they think and act like successful people.

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

Marriage is a partnership, not a democracy.

-- Nicholas Sparks, The Best of Me

And when all your faith is gone let it be me, if it's a friend you need let it be me

-- Ray Lamontagne, When Dreams Come True: A Love Story Only God Could Write

To see the positive or not to see the positive, this is the question.

-- Bert McCoy, The Merchant of Venice

Happiness [is] only real when shared

-- Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild

Happiness is a spiritual dimension; therefore its source should also be spiritual, not material.

-- Sunday Adelaja, By Your Side

He who sacrifices his respect for love basically burns his body to obtain the light.

-- Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

Be a true Heart, not a follower.

-- Ed Sheeran, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.

-- Rainer Maria Rilke, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

I love you, baby girl. When you’re sad, I am too.

-- Darla Phelps, Daddy's Girl

The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.

-- Albert Einstein, Vision in White