"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
— Dr. Seuss

"Life is an awful, ugly place to not have a best friend."
— Sarah Dessen (Someone Like You)

"I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light."
— Helen Keller

"'We'll be Friends Forever, won't we, Pooh?' asked Piglet.
'Even longer,' Pooh answered."
— A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)

"'Why did you do all this for me?" he asked. "I don't deserve it. I've never done anything for you.'
'You have been my friend,' replied Charlotte. 'That in itself is a tremendous thing.'"
— E.B. White (Charlotte's Web)

"I fall asleep with my friends around me, the only place i know. I'm going to call this home."
— Jimmy Eat World

"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere. "
— Ali bin Abi Thalib

"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard."
— A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)

"'Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.'"
— A.A. Milne

"Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?"
— A.A. Milne

"I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when their right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust noone but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together."
— Marilyn Monroe

""I don't want a broken heart, cause I'll lose all the pieces""
— Lil Wayne

"I keep my head held high like I got a nose bleed."
— Lil Wayne

"i'm focused - thinkin like i got 2 brains "
— Lil Wayne

"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."
— Pablo Picasso

"THE FIRST TEN LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL

1. We are here to help you.
2. You will have time to get to your class before the bell rings.
3. The dress code will be enforced.
4. No smoking is allowed on school grounds.
5. Our football team will win the championship this year.
6. We expect more of you here.
7. Guidance counselors are always available to listen.
8. Your schedule was created with you in mind.
9. Your locker combination is private.
10. These will be the years you look back on fondly.

TEN MORE LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL

1. You will use algebra in your adult lives.
2. Driving to school is a privilege that can be taken away.
3. Students must stay on campus during lunch.
4. The new text books will arrive any day now.
5. Colleges care more about you than your SAT scores.
6. We are enforcing the dress code.
7. We will figure out how to turn off the heat soon.
8. Our bus drivers are highly trained professionals.
9. There is nothing wrong with summer school.
10. We want to hear what you have to say."
— Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak)

"The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should be treated with caution."
— J.K. Rowling

"Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator."
— Lemony Snicket (Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid)

"And, in the end
The love you take
is equal to the love you make."
— Paul McCartney

"An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind."
— Mahatma Gandhi (GANDHI: An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth)

"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."
— Mahatma Gandhi (An Autobiography or The Story of My Experiments with Truth)

"Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn."
— Mahatma Gandhi

"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)

"It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything. "
— Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club)

"One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving."
— Paulo Coelho

"Never judge a book by its movie."
— J.W. Eagan

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
— Napoleon Bonaparte

"No relationship is perfect, ever. There are always some ways you have to bend, to compromise, to give something up in order to gain something greater...The love we have for each other is bigger than these small differences. And that's the key. It's like a big pie chart, and the love in a relationship has to be the biggest piece. Love can make up for a lot."
— Sarah Dessen (This Lullaby)

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."
— Jimi Hendrix

"...but better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie."
— Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)

"There is only one sin. and that is theft... when you tell a lie, you steal someones right to the truth."
— Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)

"Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman. Always."
— Khaled Hosseini

"A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated..."
— Khaled Hosseini (A Thousand Splendid Suns)

"it always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place."
— Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)

""War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace." - Baba"
— Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)

"For you, anything."
— Khaled Hosseini (The Kite Runner)

"You always get weirdos like Edward who seem to attract women for some reason. If Edward wasn’t a fictional character and you met him in reality he is like one of those guys who would probably be an axe murderer or something."
— Stephenie Meyer (The Twilight Saga)

"I've got nothing to do today but smile."
— Simon and Garfunkel

"Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart"
— Eleanor Roosevelt

"You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?"
— Chris Rock

"If America leads a blessed life, then why did God put all of our oil under people who hate us? "
— Jon Stewart

"Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing."
— Elie Wiesel

"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify."
— Henry David Thoreau (Walden and Other Writings)

"It is not the length of life, but the depth."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning."
— Mitch Albom (Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson)

"The world is my country,
all mankind are my brethren,
and to do good is my religion."
— Thomas Paine

"I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure."
— Mae West

"I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen."
— John Steinbeck (The Winter of Our Discontent)

"Life is nothing without a little chaos to make it interesting."
— Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (Demon in My View)