You cannot buy loyalty; you cannot buy the devotion of hearts, minds, and souls. You have to earn these things.

Sometimes you break your heart in the right way, if you know what I mean.

First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.

I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done

After a while, you learn to ignore the names people call you and just trust who you are.

“But just because you bury something, that doesn’t mean it stops existing.

Talking about someone who makes you happy actually makes you happy.

Have you ever watched a leaf leave a tree? It falls upward first, and then it drifts toward the ground, just as I find myself drifting towards you.

Falling in love isn't a choice, it's a reaction. If it happens it happens. Your best bet is to fall and don't look back up.

I think it's good for a person to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover who they are and to figure out why they are always alone.

I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me, sometimes with the universe and sometimes with my own insignificant self; but my books were

Be very careful of who you share your problem with, remember that not every friend that smile at you is your best friend.

Fake friends are like autumn leaves, they're scattered everywhere.

If it scares you, it might be a good thing to try.

Great crisis produce great men and great deeds of courage.

Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

"Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet."

"When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life."