A bird is safe in its nest - but that is not what its wings are made for. - Amit Ray, World Peace: The Voice of a Mountain Bird

We come spinning out of nothingness, scattering stars like dust. - Jalaluddin Rumi

Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts. - Anna Godbersen, Splendor

It's so much easier to convince yourself you're madly in love with someone when you know nothing about him. - Megan McCafferty, Second Helpings

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. - Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ

Those sweet lips. My, oh my, I could kiss those lips all night long.Good things come to those who wait. - Jess C. Scott, The Intern

Envy, after all, comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had. - Jodi Picoult, Perfect Match

[Calvin, who has the chicken pox, calls Susie on the telephone.] Susie: Hello? Calvin: Hi, Susie! It's me, Calvin! I was wondering if you'd like to come over and play. Susie: Why, sure! Boy, I don't think you've ever invited me to... Calvin's Mom: Calvin, what are you doing? Calvin: Nothing, Mom. Go away. Calvin's Mom: You're contagious! You can't have anyone over to play! Calvin: Shhhh! Shhhh! You'll spoil the whole thing! I was going to trick Susie into catching... HEY! OW! LET GO! Susie: [Hanging up the phone] Any chance of getting transferred, Dad? - Bill Watterson

I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias. - Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

Walk with the dreamers, the believers, the courageous, the cheerful, the planners, the doers, the successful people with their heads in the clouds and their feet on the ground. Let their spirit ignite a fire within you to leave this world better than when you found it... - Wilferd Peterson

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death. - Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

It's just another of Robin's sayings. Like, 'Holy strawberries, Batman, we're in a jam! Or, Holy Kleenex, Batman, it was right under our nose and we blew it! - Karen Marie Moning, Iced

I'll follow you, even to death—but I won't live with you any more. - Prosper Mérimée, Carmen

If you can't do great things, do small things in a great way. - Napoleon Hill

Anything that you learn becomes your wealth, a wealth that cannot be taken away from you; whether you learn it in a building called school or in the school of life. To learn something new is a timeless pleasure and a valuable treasure. And not all things that you learn are taught to you, but many things that you learn you realize you have taught yourself. - C. JoyBell C.

Whenever I think of something but can't think of what it was I was thinking of, I can't stop thinking until I think I'm thinking of it again. I think I think too much. - Criss Jami, Killosophy

From the stars, to the stars. - Renee Ahdieh, The Rose & the Dagger

It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving. - Mother Teresa

Sorrow looks back, Worry looks around, Faith looks up - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I've noticed that when people are joking they're usually dead serious, and when they're serious, they're usually pretty funny. - Jim Morrison