Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I'm not living.

-- Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

-- Friedrich Nietzsche, Tao Te Ching

He should probably make love to her.

-- Tara Janzen, Crazy Love

It's not a romance, it's a love story.

-- Sadie Jones, A Bride Most Begrudging

A esperança se desvanece pela memória e pelo tempo.

-- Lucas Soares Adriano, Peace Education: How We Come to Love and Hate War

At what point is normal natural?

-- Janvier Chouteu-Chando, The Girl on the Trail

Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.

-- Don Roff, The Light in the Heart

Unpacking books is a revelatory activity.

-- Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night

Tension is horizontal; only a non-tense mind can be above, hovering like a cloud. Look

-- Osho, Emotional Wellness: Transforming Fear, Anger, and Jealousy into Creative Energy

我總是去做我不會的事，因為我可能會學到做這件事的方法。

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.

-- 畢卡索，西班牙著名畫家、雕塑家

In relationships, always strive to give more than you take -- that's how you make a bigger impact.

-- Adam Kirk Smith, Calamity: Being an Account of Calamity Jane and Her Gunslinging Green Man

Education consists mainly of what we have unlearned.

-- Mark Twain, Notebook

Love of love written by the broken hearted, love of life written by the dead.

-- Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

-- Ernest Hemingway, Norwegian Wood

follow your heart! (sppotedleafs motto)

-- Erin Hunter, Into the Wild

I surround myself with things that make me happy. Why? Because ... it makes me happy.

-- Kelly Epperson, The Post-College Guide to Happiness

To sue to live, I find I seek to die; And, seeking death, find life.

-- William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

Peaceful mind is Masterpiece.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Wealth of Words

If ever there was something she needed to stick around and fight for, Luc was that something.

-- Rachel Gibson, See Jane Score

Superficiality is the curse of the modern world.

-- Matthew Kelly, Rediscover Catholicism