“ When you leave home to follow your dreams, your road will probably be riddled with potholes, not always paved in happy Technicolor bricks. You'll probably be kicked to the ground 150 million times and… Kelly Cutrone
“ When they killed him, Mother wouldn't hold her peace, so they slit her throat. I was stupid then, being only nine, and I fought to save them both. But the thorns held me tight. I've learned to appreci… Mark Lawrence
“ Life is not always perfect. Like a road, it has many bends, ups and down, but that’s its beauty. Amit Ray
“ (...)normalcy is an illusion. Each person is utterly unique. A standard of normalcy is something that most people of the world simply will never access. Colleen Houck
“ If someone told me that I could live my life again free of depression provided I was willing to give up the gifts depression has given me--the depth of awareness, the expanded consciousness, the incre… David Elkins
“ Fear's useless. Either something bad happens or it doesn't: If it doesn't, you've wasted time being afraid, and if it does, you've wasted time that you could have spent sharpening your weapons. Sarah Rees Brennan
“ In breaking away from the familiar and the expected, you'll be forced and privileged to face greater challenges, learn harder lessons, and really get to know yourself. Kelly Cutrone
“ I believe that worrying about a bad thing prepares you for it when it comes. If you worry, the bad thing doesn't hit you as hard. You can roll with the punch if you see it coming. Rainbow Rowell
“ You can’t make someone feel good about themselves until you feel good aboutyourself. Robin S. Sharma
“ When you're following your inner voice, doors tend to eventually open for you, even if they mostly slam at first. Kelly Cutrone
“ Never apologize for how you feel. No one can control how they feel. The sun doesn’t apologize for being the sun. The rain doesn’t say sorry for falling. Feelings just are Iain S. Thomas
“ Like all failed experiments, that one taught me something I didn’t expect: one key ingredient of so-called experience is the delusional faith that it is unique and special, that those included in it a… Jennifer Egan
“ You know the saying: he who doesn't understand history is doomed to repeat it. And when it's repeated, the stakes are doubled. Pittacus Lore
