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

I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.

-- Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.

-- Warren W. Wiersbe, A Court of Mist and Fury

God can use the jawbone of an ass!

-- Winkie Pratney, Another Day from the World of Ro and Mo

Jealousy is the loss of joy.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Have a Little Faith: a True Story

Anger precedes hate, while love vicariously hangs in the balance.

-- Lorraine Gokul, Will Love Justify Everything?: Does Love Overcome the Injustices of Life?

My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.

-- André Breton, What is Surrealism?: Selected Writings

In a dark time, the eye begins to see.

-- Theodore Roethke, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power