"And life is what we make it.Always has been, always will be."

"Lo esperado no sucede. Es lo inesperado lo que acontece."

"Surely the earth can be savedby all the peoplewho insiston love."

"Women and men who have established no-lie relationships talk about them with reverence, even when they are not permanent and, in fact, even when they are not romantic. Why? In the no-lie relationship there is acceptance of who each partner is, rather than a shallow idealization. There is a genuine commitment to the relationship beyond the immediate. You each act as though you are in a real partnership that will last."

"There's so much destruction all over the world - and all you can do is complain about ME!"

"But spending your life concentrating on death is like watching a whole movie and thinking only about the credits that are going to roll at the end. It’s a mistake of emphasis."

"If life was a dream, then dying must be the moment when you woke up. It was so simple it must be true. You died, the dream was over, you woke up. That's what people meant when they talked about going to heaven. It was like waking up."

"[O]ur honeymoon will shine our life long: its beams will only fade over your grave or mine."

"I saw my earlier selves as different people, acquaintances I had outgrown. I wondered how I could ever have been some of them."

"Life is a journey, Frannie darling," Feagan had once told me. "Choose well those with whom you travel."As always, I've followed Feagan's counsel."

"…when writing, always hook the reader with your first sentence…in love, never settle…value yourself first and this will help you to value others…life is short, so enjoy it to the fullest…everyone in the world is different, and that’s ok…"

"To treat a person like a carpet, it is necessary that one do the walking, and one allow himself to be walked on.--Shin'a'in saying"

"In the end,The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go."

"if youre never scared, or embarased, or hurt, it means you never take any chances."

"In a dog's life, some plaster would fall, some cushions would open, some rugs would shred. Like any relationship, this one had its costs. They were costs we came to accept and balance against the joy and amusement and protection and companionship he gave us."

"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley."

"If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new."

"I'm a completely worthless woman and no man should risk his life for me."

"You will have five hundred million little bells, and I shall have five hundred million springs of fresh water..."

"They're animals, all right. But why are you so goddam sure that makes us human beings?"

"When was it I realized that, on this truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own? Although I was raised with love, I was always lonely.Someday, without fail, everyone will disappear, scattered into the blackness of time."

"Defeat is for the valiant. Only they will know the honour of losing and the joy of winning I am not here to tell you that defeat is a part of life: we all know that. Only the defeated know Love. Because it is in the realm of love that we fight our first battles – and generally lose. I am here to tell you that there are people who have never been defeated. They are the ones who never fought. They managed to avoid scars, humiliations, feelings of helplessness, as well as those moments when even warriors doubt the existence of God.’’Manuscript Found In Accra – Paulo Coelho"