“At the heart of all anger, all grudges, and all resentment, you'll always find a fear that hopes to stay anonymous.”

“If the tree doesn't hug you back, it's not a problem with the tree, it's a problem with your heart.”

“Never be afraid to cry. Sometimes, nothing can cleanse the heart more than a few wet tears.”

“Fears and worries originate in the mind. Love and joy originate from the soul.”

“Your words, your thoughts, your imagination: powerful tools. Remember that and use them wisely.”

“Life is not something that happens to us, Life happens through us.”

“There comes a time in your life when you have to choose between giving up and staying strong, when situations will try to predict your fate, when friends will depart from you and your echo will be ...”

“Contrary to what we usually believe, moments like these, the best moments in our lives, are not the passive, receptive, relaxing timesalthough such experiences can also be enjoyable, if we have wor...”

“Challenges in life can either enrich you or poison you. You are the one who decides.”

“Despite your best efforts, people are going to be hurt when it's time for them to be hurt.”

“At the end of the day it's about how much you can bear, how much you can endure. Being together, we harm nobody; being apart, we extinguish ourselves.”

“Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still possible for us to endure nobly.”

“People who don't marry miss both the pelting hardships of marriage and its warm rewards.”

“Time stops for no one, and if we allow ourselves to focus on the negative we might miss out on some really amazing things that life has to offer. We can't go back to the past, we can only take the ...”

“Without hardships, how could we find hope?”