True Friendship

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer. -Jean de La Fontaine

Inside

We are always the same age inside. -Gertrude Stein

Do Not Stop

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. -Confucius

A Waste

Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are. -Marilyn Monroe

Stupid People

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. -George Carlin

Like Magic

When you know what you hope for most and hold it like a light within you, you can make things happen, almost like magic. -Laini Taylor

Hatred

Hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves. -Mitch Albom

The Past

The past is never where you think you left it. -Katherine Anne Porter

Absence

Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire. -François de La Rochefoucauld

Nothing On Earth

Nothing on earth can make up for the loss of one who has loved you. -Selma Lagerlöf

Changes

They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. -Andy Warhol

Through Doors

Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don't even remember leaving open. -Rose Wilder Lane

Everything

You are not everything, but everything could not be everything without you. -Joseph Pintauro

We Dream

We dream to give ourselves hope. To stop dreaming - well, that’s like saying you can never change your fate. -Amy Tan

Out Of Your Control

Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy. -Nora Roberts

Some Days

“You know, Hobbes, some days even my lucky rocket ship underpants don't help.” -Bill Watterson

Giving

No one has ever become poor by giving. -Anne Frank

Unfed Mind

The unfed mind devours itself. -Gore Vidal

Careless Words

That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less. -Arundhati Roy

Of All Sad Words

Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these, 'It might have been.' -John Greenleaf Whittier

The Real Ones

I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all. -Laura Ingalls Wilder

Shadow-Truths

Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot. -Neil Gaiman

A Word

A word after a word after a word is power. -Margaret Atwood

Destiny

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. -Jean de La Fontaine

My Idea

In reality those who satisfy me are those who simply allow me to live with my 'idea of them.' -Anaïs Nin

Entirely Honest

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise. -Sigmund Freud

Doormat

People call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. -Rebecca West

The Moon Howls

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. -George Carlin

I Just Forget

“I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget.” -Jennifer Egan

Immature

You can only be young once. But you can always be immature. -Pat Monahan

Another Chance

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. -Oprah Winfrey