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"As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape."

"Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend."

"To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt."

"Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend."

"Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real."

"There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness."

"I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business."

"The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you."

"I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."

"Computer dating is fine, if you’re a computer."

"Look not mournfully into the past. It comes not back again. Wisely improve the present. It is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future, without fear."

"Tears fall from the sky, but we will laugh in defiance."

"If a person does not keep pace with their companions perhaps it's because they hear a different drummer. Let them step to the music they hear, however measured or far away."

"When I say that I am gray, you think that I mean dull. But I am the gray of stormclouds, of mysterious stone monoliths, of emotions yet undefined."

"Actions might speak louder than words, but sometimes a single word can speak volumes if spoke by the right person, at the right time, in the right tone."

"The fog that obscures our vision sometimes protects us as well. When that fog is gone, what will we see?"

"Any two people using the same word will never mean it in exactly the same way. There are a number of factors involved in this: region, culture, personal experience, and plain old individuality. So how can we ever truly speak the same language?"

"You only live once--but if you work it right, once is enough."

"Will the winds of change bring us joy or sorrow, and will we still be here when the wind dies down?"

"A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough."

"Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none."

"Not a shred of evidence exists in the favor of the idea that life is serious."

"The belief that one's own view of reality is the only reality is the most dangerous of all delusions."

"Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person to the right degree, at the right time for the right purpose, and in the right way: That is not easy."

"The thought manifests as the word; the word manifests as the deed; The deed develops into habit; And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care... As we think, so we become."

"To be heard, there are times you must be silent."

"Christmas is a holiday that persecutes the lonely, the frayed, and the rejected."

"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, She became a butterfly."

"Love is patient, Love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not rejoice in evils but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres."

"When you stumble, make it part of the dance."

"Loneliness is not the result of having no one around; loneliness is being unable to communicate to others the things that are important to you."