Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell. - Criss Jami, Killosophy

It doesn't have to be on Valentine's Day. It doesn't have to be by the time you turn eighteen or thirty-three or fifty-nine. It doesn't have to conform to whatever is usual. It doesn't have to be kismet at once, or rhapsody by the third date.It just has to be. In time. In place. In spirit.It just has to be. - David Levithan

In matters of grave importance, style, not sincerity, is the vital thing. - Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

I cannot encourage any fabrication even for the sake of making people feel good. If I were to fabricate consciously and knowingly, I would not only be ordaining myself their enemy, but also ordaining myself God's enemy. - Criss Jami, Killosophy

You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me. - C.S. Lewis

Being in love, I find myself smiling for no reason at all... - Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

i told you he'd freak out, she siad. didn't i?ah, the i told you so, jace said. always a classy move - Cassandra Clare, City of Glass

If it's a penny for your thoughts and you put in your two cents worth, then someone, somewhere is making a penny. - Steven Wright

Above all else, guard your heart for it affects everything else you do. - Anonymous, Holy Bible: New International Version

Pain is a pesky part of being human, I've learned it feels like a stab wound to the heart, something I wish we could all do without, in our lives here. Pain is a sudden hurt that can't be escaped. But then I have also learned that because of pain, I can feel the beauty, tenderness, and freedom of healing. Pain feels like a fast stab wound to the heart. But then healing feels like the wind against your face when you are spreading your wings and flying through the air! We may not have wings growing out of our backs, but healing is the closest thing that will give us that wind against our faces. - C. JoyBell C.

nothing in this world was more difficult than love. - Gabriel García Márquez

So. You get handed a holy sword by an archangel, told to go fight the forces of evil, and you somehow remain an atheist. Is that what you're saying? - Jim Butcher, Death Masks

How did you kill the Ashman in the forest last year?”“I shot him with an arrow.”“What kind of arrow?”“A sharp one.”Nate rolled his eyes. “Really, dude? A sharp one? - Chelsea Fine, Awry

It's hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one. - Rick Riordan, The Last Olympian

at your weakest, you end up showing more strength; at your lowest, you are suddenly lifted higher than you’ve ever been. They all border one another, these opposites and show how quickly we can be altered. - Cecelia Ahern, Thanks for the Memories

Maybe we shouldn't be looking for love. Maybe we should be looking for a person. Because maybe you can find love in a person, but not have that person. So if you look for love, what you will find is love. But if you want to belong to someone, and you want someone to belong to you, you should look for a person. - C. JoyBell C.

Leef hard en goed en schoon en wild. Kijk goed, voel beter. Wees niet bang. Kies voor wat u blij maakt, wat het ook moge zijn. Durf proberen wat te lastig lijkt. Leg de lat hoog genoeg. Koester en laat u koesteren. Geef anderen wat ze verdienen, en uzelf minstens ook. Blijf hopen, willen, dromen, wensen. - Griet Op de Beeck, Vele hemels boven de zevende

Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room. - Bill Gates

It hurts to breathe. It hurts to live. I hate her, yet I do not think I can exist without her. - Charlotte Featherstone, Addicted

Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule. - Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil