“He that plants trees loves others besides himself.”

“Try to be happy in this present moment, and put not off being so to a time to come--as though that time should be of another make from this which has already come and is ours.”

“A stumble may prevent a fall.”

“If it were not for hopes, the heart would break.”

“Great hopes make great men.”

“Be a friend to thyself, and others will be so too.”

“My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her.”

“As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beati...”

“It's not always easy being her daughter.' I think,' she said, 'sometimes it's hard no matter whose daughter you are.”