Taking pictures is savoring life intensely, every hundredth of a second. - Marc Riboud

But I have my life, I’m living it. It’s twisted, exhausting, uncertain, and full of guilt, but nonetheless, there’s something there. - Banana Yoshimoto, The Lake

It wasn’t my day. My week. My month. My year. My life. God damn it. - Charles Bukowski, Pulp

The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we’d like to be. And that sucks. But when you’re confronted with that fact, you can either crawl into a hole and quit, or you can get out there, take off your shoes, and Bilbo it up. - Patrick Rothfuss

Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to. - Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

The walls are the publishers of the poor. - Eduardo Galeano

Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go. - Randall Munroe, xkcd: volume 0

Never let yourself be persuaded that any one Great Man, any one leader, is necessary to the salvation of America. When America consists of one leader and 158 million followers, it will no longer be America. - Dwight D. Eisenhower

The story of my recent life.' I like that phrase. It makes more sense than 'the story of my life', because we get so many lives between birth and death. A life to be a child. A life to come of age. A life to wander, to settle, to fall in love, to parent, to test our promise, to realize our mortality- and in some lucky cases, to do something after that realization. - Mitch Albom, Have a Little Faith: a True Story

She didn't belong anywhere and she never really belonged to anyone. And everyone else belonged somewhere and to someone. People thought she was too wonderful. But she only wanted to belong to someone. People always thought she was too wonderful to belong to them or that something too wonderful would hurt too much to lose. And that's why she liked him-- because he just thought she was crazy. - C. JoyBell C.

Do you think we can be friends?” I asked.He stared up at the ceiling. “Probably not, but we can pretend. - Priya Ardis, Ever My Merlin

Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us. - Christopher Paolini, Eldest

It's my turn to see you through,' she whispers, coming back to me and wrapping me in her blanket as I lose my shit all over again. She holds me until I recover my Y chromosome. - Gayle Forman, Where She Went

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them. - Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

What is your advice to young writers?” “Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes. - Charles Bukowski, Hot Water Music

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity. - André Gide

Falling in love in a Christian way is to say,'I am excited about your future and I want to be part of getting you there. I'm signing up for the journey with you. Would you sign up for the journey to my true self with me? It's going to be hard but I want to get there. - Timothy J. Keller

I dreamed I spoke in another's language,I dreamed I lived in another's skin,I dreamed I was my own beloved,I dreamed I was a tiger's kin.I dreamed that Eden lived inside me,And when I breathed a garden came,I dreamed I knew all of Creation,I dreamed I knew the Creator's name.I dreamed--and this dream was the finest--That all I dreamed was real and true,And we would live in joy forever,You in me, and me in you. - Clive Barker, Days of Magic, Nights of War

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living. - Gautama Buddha

...nothing ever happens quickly (except when it does). Nothing is ever, ever easy (except when it is). And, most of all, nothing ever goes perfectly according to plan (except in the movies). - Ally Carter, Only the Good Spy Young