Fall Together

Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together. -Marilyn Monroe

Good Cards

Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well. -Robert Louis Stevenson

Bravery

Sometimes bravery is nothing more than the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life. -Veronica Roth

Avoid The Trap

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. -Steve Jobs

Now

Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. -Sylvia Plath

Black Holes

Black holes are where God divided by zero. -Albert Einstein

Two Evils

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. -Mae West

Gratitude

Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, routine jobs into joy and ordinary opportunities into blessings. William Arthur Ward

Think

Children must be taught how to think, not what to think. -Margaret Mead

You Knew

When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew. -Arrigo Boito

A Story

You do have a story inside you; it lies articulate and waiting to be written - behind your silence and your suffering. -Anne Rice

Animals

Animals are my friends, and I don't eat my friends. -George Bernard Shaw

Books

I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books. -Jo Walton

The Best Portion

The best portion of a good man's life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love. -William Wordsworth

Your Heart

Your heart isn't breaking. It hurts because it's getting larger. The larger it gets, the more love it holds. -Rita Mae Brown

Wise

It is never too late to be wise. -Daniel Defoe

Cake

A party without cake is just a meeting. -Julia Child

Never

Have a heart that never hardens, a temper that never tires and a touch that never hurts. -Charles Dickens

Facing Up

Anyone can hide. Facing up to things, working through them, that's what makes you strong. -Sarah Dessen

Inexhaustible Variety

I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life. -F. Scott Fitzgerald

Brave

Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing. -Emma Donoghue

The Dance

The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance. - Alan Watts

Warriors

There must be those among us with whom we can sit down and weep and still be counted as warriors. -Adrienne Rich

No Fixed Plans

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. -Lao Tzu

Freedom From Fear

The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear. -Aung San Suu Kyi

What They Call You

It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to. -W.C. Fields

Two Steps Ahead

Remember if people talk behind your back, it only means you are two steps ahead. -Fannie Flagg

Don't Freeze Up

Make your mistakes, take your chances, look silly, but keep on going. Don’t freeze up. Thomas Wolfe

Good Sentences

Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences. -Sylvia Plath

Funerals

Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours. -Yogi Berra