People don't always want to be with people. It gets tiring. ― Emma Donoghue

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Love yourself. Forgive yourself. Be true to yourself. How you treat yourself sets the standard for how others will treat you. ― Steve Maraboli

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There's a sorrow and pain in everyone's life, but every now and then there's a ray of light that melts the loneliness in your heart and brings comfort like hot soup and a soft bed. ― Hubert Selby Jr

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Fill what is empty, empty what is full, and scratch where it itches. - Tallulah Bankhead

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All you have to do is drive by the empty tennis courts and basketball courts and compare them to the skate parks... c'mon people, get with the program - the future is now! - Jeff Ament

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I talk to God but the sky is empty.

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To find out if she really loved me, I hooked her up to a lie detector. And just as I suspected, my machine was broken.
― Dark Jar Tin Zoo

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I have the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. —Mother Teresa

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Maybe a person is just made up of a lot of people," I say. "Maybe we're accumulating these new selves all the time. ― Jandy Nelson

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The harder I prepare, the luckier I seem to get.

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