“We're neither pure, nor wise, nor good; we do the best we know. ”

—Voltaire

“Does it feel the same, the aching endless longing, does it follow you?”

—Daily Haiku on Love by Tyler Knott Gregson

“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say 'My tooth is aching' than to say 'My heart is broken.'”

—C.S. Lewis 

“The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.”

—Lorraine Hansberry, To Be Young, Gifted and Black

“I have kept her story to retell. It is one of the small legion I carry, each one extraordinary in its own right. Each one an attempt—an immense leap of an attempt—to prove to me that you, and your human existence, are worth it. Here it is. One of a handful. The Book Thief. If you feel like it, come with me. I will tell you a story. I’ll show you something.”

—Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“We all, sometimes, leave each other out there under the skies, and we never understand why.”

—Truman Capote

“We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy or sorrow. They illuminate the thoughts for which we only grope; they give us the strength and balm we cannot find in ourselves. Whenever I feel my courage wavering, I rush to them. They give me the wisdom of acceptance, the will and resilience to push on.”

—Helen Hayes
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