Stephen Covey

"You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage - pleasantly, smilingly, non-apologetically - to say 'no' to other things. And the way to do that is to have a bigger 'yes' burning inside."

Anais Nin

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

Greg Behrendt [He's Just Not That Into You]

"I'm about to make a wild, extreme, and severe relationship rule: the word 'busy' is a load of crap and is most often used by assholes. The word 'busy' is the relationship Weapon of Mass Destruction. It seems like a good excuse, but in fact in every silo you uncover, all you're going to find is a man who didn't care enough to call. Remember, men are never too busy to get what they want."

Vincent Van Gogh

"Let's not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realizing it."

Allen Ginsberg

"Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness"

"I don't think there is any truth. There are only points of view."

"To gain voice, forget about having it heard. Become a saint of your own province and your own consciousness."

Galway Kinnell

"We're all seeking that special person who is right for us. But if you've been through enough relationships, you being to suspect there is no right person, just different flavors of wrong. Why is this? Because you yourself are wrong in some way, and you seek out partners who are wrong in some complementary way. But it takes a lot of living to grow fully into your own wrongness. And it isn't until you finally run up against your deepest demons, your unsolvable problems - the ones that make you truly who you are - that we're ready to find a lifelong mate. Only then do you finally know what you're looking for. You're looking for the wrong person. But not just any wrong person: the right wrong person - someone you lovingly gaze upon and think, 'This is a problem I want to have.'"

Gina Lake

“What a surprise it is to discover that you have never needed to strive to survive and be happy after all. Like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, who discovered that she always had the means for going home, you already have what you need to be happy and safe. You have never really left Home. However, if you don't believe you already have what you need to be happy and safe, it is as if it isn't true: If we don't know the ruby slippers will take us home, it's like not having them. The ego keeps us from seeing the truth about those ruby slippers- it keeps us from seeing the truth about life. Home is right here, right now, but we may not realize it and therefore not experience Home, or Essence as much as we might.”

Allegra Goodman [The Cookbook Collector]

"People ask every day, "Why was I put on earth?" As if there is perhaps one reason. The truth is that there are too many reasons to count, and each reason and each soul connects to every other."

Mandy Hale

"If you learn to really sit with loneliness and embrace it for the gift that it is...an opportunity to get to know you, to learn how strong you really are, to depend on no one but you for your happiness...you will realize that a little loneliness goes a long way in creating a richer, deeper, more vibrant and colorful you."

the perks of being a wallflower

"So, this is my life. And I want you to know I'm both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be."

Muse [panic station]

"Do what the fuck you want to, there's no one to appease."

Charlie Chaplin

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles."