make sure you choose work that makes you happy

-- Randy Susan Meyers, The Widow of Wall Street

Living one floor below Paradise.

-- Angelos Michalopoulos, The man who has only one truth in him

Statt seine Persönlichkeit zu vernichten, war es nur gelungen, ihn sich selbst hassen zu lehren.

-- Hermann Hesse, Steppenwolf

Walk while you can.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, The Four Seasons Way of Life: Ancient Wisdom for Healing and Personal Growth

Is there any hope for the dead?

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Illusion of Religion: A Treatise on Religious Fundamentalism

It don't do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing.

-- Thomas McGuane, Huntress

Not what happens to you But how you accept it Is of paramount importance.

-- Sri Chinmoy, Sri Chinmoy's Heart Garden: A Book of Aphorisms for Joy and Inspiration

Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.

-- Mark Twain, Notebook

Blood shall drop out of wood, and the stone shall give his voice, and the people shall be troubled:

-- Compton Gage, The Silence Between the Sighs

Success is not got in twinkling of an eye.

-- Akanksha Agrawal, The Film Testament

Love changes what is probable and makes unlikely things possible.

-- Ally Condie, Crossed

I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.

-- Christopher Paolini, Eragon

The scariest moment is always just before you start.

-- Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

I'm an adventurer, looking for treasure

-- Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

I don't mind making jokes, but I don't want to look like one.

-- Marilyn Monroe, I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!

Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.

-- Mae West, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Something that is yours forever is never precious

-- Chaim Potok, My Name Is Asher Lev

Happiness lies in hope.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, The Little Book of Hygge: The Danish Way to Live Well

Art is the whisper of history, heard above the noise of time.

-- Julian Barnes, The Noise of Time

That's not a bad word...hate and war are bad words, but fuck isn't.

-- Judy Blume, Forever . . .