Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious. - Ruth Reichl

It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory - Paulo Coelho, Aleph

Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are. - Jim Butcher, White Night

A passport, as I'm sure you know, is a document that one shows to government officials whenever one reaches a border between two countries, so that the official can learn who you are, where you were born, and how you look when photographed unflatteringly. - Lemony Snicket

THINGS YOU NEVER HEAR: 'Please stop sucking my dick or I'll call the police. - George Carlin, Brain Droppings

Develop an interest in life as you see it; the people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people. Forget yourself. - Henry Miller

His breath hitched, and he regarded me hungrily. “You’re playing with fire, you know that?” “That’s weird, considering you’re an ice prin—” I didn’t get any further, as Ash leaned in and kissed me. - Julie Kagawa, Winter's Passage

The whole house seemed to exhale a melancholy breath of emptiness - Michael Chabon

And so I wait. I wait for time to heal the pain and raise me to me feet once again - so that I can start a new path, my own path, the one that will make me whole again. - Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II

Being Adam Parrish was a complicated thing, a wonder of muscles and organs, synapses and nerves. He was a miracle of moving parts, a study in survival. The most important thing to Adam Parrish, though, had always been free will, the ability to be his own master.This was the important thing.It had always been the important thing. This was what it was to be Adam. - Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys

We are here and it is now. The way I see it is, after that, everything tends towards guesswork. - Terry Pratchett, Small Gods

Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living. - Jo Nesbø

By night, Love, tie your heart to mine, and the two together in their sleep will defeat the darkness - Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

The longer we live, the more weight we carry in our hearts. - Ai Yazawa

When a man sees you are happy with him but you can be just as happy having nothing to do with him, that’s when he won’t want to leave your side. When you are happy, you are sexy. - Sherry Argov

You had to be willing to fight in order for a love story to last a life time. - Cristina Marrero, The Unsung Love Story

I wore your promise on my finger for one yearI'll wear your name on my heart til I dieBecause you were my boy, you were my only boy forever. - Coco J. Ginger

Understanding is the reward of faith. Therefore, seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. - Augustine of Hippo

I am no fan of books. And chances are, if you're reading this, you and I share a healthy skepticism about the printed word. Well, I want you to know that this is the first book I've ever written, and I hope it's the first book you've ever read. Don't make a habit of it. - Stephen Colbert, I Am America

This time I wouldn't forget him, because I couldn't ever forgive him - for breaking my heart twice. - James Patterson, Sundays at Tiffany's