One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

-- Sophocles, As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980

Love is a rebellious bird that nobody can tame.

-- Veronica Rossi, Through the Ever Night

If you listen closely, silence can be deafening.

-- Truth Devour, Wantin

The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has — I'm not kidding.

-- J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

May I see the beauty in others without denigrating my own.

-- Kimber Simpkins, Full: How one woman found yoga, eased her inner hunger, and started loving herself

Please, touch me, I pray.

-- Jess C. Scott, The Intern

Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.

-- Marian Keyes, Watermelon

And I still love you in my own fucked-up way. I miss you, I really do. Can we still be friends?

-- Matthew Quick, The Silver Linings Playbook

You have not escaped his notice either- you are here by 'a call' not by choice.

-- Compton Gage, There Will Be Lies

When you focus on your focus, you will soon become the focus.

-- Sesan Kareem, Shadow of the Owl

We are always the same age inside.

-- Gertrude Stein, The Fifth Mountain

What business had I to think of one that never thought of me?

-- Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

-- Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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