A lot of my life happened in great, wonderful bursts of good fortune, and then I would race to be worthy of it.
Julie Andrews
He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.
Thomas a Kempis
If you carefully consider what you want to be said of you in the funeral experience, you will find your definition of success.
Stephen Covey
There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.
Sarah Dessen
Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
Malcolm X
But maybe music was not intended to satisfy the curious definiteness of man. Maybe it is better to hope that music may always be transcendental language in the most extravagant sense.
Charles Ives
It's just that...I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.
Sarah Dessen