"When you are up against a wall, put down roots like a tree, until clarity comes from deeper sources to see over that wall and grow."
- C.G. Jung
"How ridiculous that water ran out of your eyes when your heart hurt. Tragic heroines in books tended to be amazingly beautiful. Not a word about swollen eyes or a red nose. "Crying always gives me a r..."
- Cornelia Funke
"Some might say that suicide is for cowards. I dare them to hold a razor to their wrists and say it as they slice into their own flesh."
- Aubrey Dark
"Issac:"I dislike living in a world without Augustus Waters."Computer: "I don't understand-"Issac: "Me neither. Pause"
- John Green
"Sunlight’s warmth on my face awoke me in the morning. I didn’t remember falling asleep or how I came to be in my own bed. But I did recall nightmares. Awful nightmares featuring Gwen.I turned my head ..."
- Richelle E. Goodrich
"When Mother and I learned that Father was dying, Father asked me to sing for him," she said. "Mother insisted that I only sing songs from their youthful days together. She wanted me to take her mind o..."
- Jeffrey Overstreet
"Sometimes words just arent enough. Sometimes it's easier to magically lose yourself in the memories long past, the ones you so selfishly took for granted. And sadly sometimes that's the only way to ke..."
- Kendal Rob
"Like Mom, Zoe thought–like Mom used to. And that’s where they differed, for Zoe wrote quiet poetry suffused with twilight and questions. It’s not even good poetry, she thought. I don’t have talent, it..."
- Annette Curtis Klause
"Sorrow is the violent smashing of reason, in that reason has no power over it."
- Nina Sankovitch
"This is what you should know about losing someone you love. They do not travel alone. You go with them."
- Augusten Burroughs