"Staring down hard truth takes guts."
— Joan Bauer (Hope Was Here)

"New places always help us look at life differently"
— Joan Bauer

"Sometimes it take courage to leave."
— Ann Rinaldi (The Staircase)

"Let me say the good are often punished unfairly."
— Ann Rinaldi (The Staircase)

"It was as if her life was a huge kaleidoscope, and the kaleidoscope had been turned and now everything was changed. The same stones shaken, no longer made the same design."
— Betsy Byars (The Summers Of The Swans)

"Memory is the happiness of being alone."
— Lois Lowry (Anastasia Krupnik)

"It's a hard life sometimes and the biggest temptation is to let how hard it is be an excuse to weaken"
— Walter Dean Myers (Scorpions)

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much."
— Oscar Wilde

"Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
— Mark Twain

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
— Aristotle (Metaphysics)

"Let no man pull you low enough to hate him."
— Martin Luther King Jr.

"The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back."
— Abigail Van Buren

"Angry people are not always wise."
— Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)

"Turn your wounds into wisdom."
— Oprah Winfrey

"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook."
— William James

"The past has no power over the present moment."
— Eckhart Tolle

"Learning is a weightless treasure you can always carry easily."
— Chinese proverb

"Wisdom is knowing what to do with what you know."
— J. Winter Smith

"There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don't help them by doing the job yourself."
— Laurell K. Hamilton

"1. Be Impeccable With Your Word
Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

2. Don't Take Anything Personally
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.

3. Don't Make Assumptions
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

4. Always Do Your Best
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret."
— Miguel Ruiz

"The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?"
— Confucius

"Careful. We don't want to learn from this."
— Bill Watterson