“Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think, I’m not going to make it, but you laugh inside — remembering all the times you’ve felt that way.”
–Charles Bukowski“I have become my own version of an optimist. If I can’t make it through one door, I’ll go through another door — or I’ll make a door. Something terrific will come no matter how dark the present.”
–Rabindranath Tagore“Note to self: every time you were convinced you couldn’t go on, you did.”
–Unknown“Nobody will protect you from your suffering. You can’t cry it away or eat it away or starve it away or walk it away or punch it away or even therapy it away. It’s just there, and you have to survive it. You have to endure it. You have to live through it and love it and move on and be better for it and run as far as you can in the direction of your best and happiest dreams across the bridge that was built by your own desire to heal.”
–Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things“If two points are destined to touch, the universe will always find a way to make the connection – even when all hope seems to be lost. Certain ties cannot be broken. They define who we are – and who we can become. Across space, across time, among paths we cannot predict – nature always finds a way.”
–Touch (TV series)
“It’s alright to do things the way you want. There is no map to life, no blueprints to survival, you can create your world day by day if you have a clear vision and an unwillingness to give up.”
–John O’Callaghan“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”
–Lemony Snicket, The Ersatz Elevator“People will stare. Make it worth their while.”
–Harry Winston“When something bad happens you have three choices. You can let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you.”
–Unknown“For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the courage to start all over again.”
–F. Scott Fitzgerald
[updated 4/16/16]
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