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

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

-- Francis of Assisi, The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi

I liked being a person. I wanted to keep at it.

-- John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

Your beauty took my breath away, but your mind has stopped my heart.

-- Ivan Rusilko, Appetizers

That is life... to begin again when everything is lost!

-- A.J. Cronin, Slammed

To submit, to surrender, to seek, that is all there is.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Disciples of Fortune

Love is spelt T.I.M.E.

-- Dieter F. Uchtdorf, One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are

跳舞吧，像是沒人欣賞一樣；去愛吧，像是你不會受傷一樣；唱歌吧，像是沒人聆聽一樣；生活吧，就像這裡是人間的天堂。

You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, love like you'll never be hurt, sing like there's nobody listening, and live like it's heaven on earth.

-- 威廉‧柏齊，美國教育家、作家