There isn’t time—so brief is life—for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving—and but an instant, so to speak, for that. — Mark Twain

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Living is the art of getting used to what we didn’t expect. – Eleanor C. Wood

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She straightens her hair, puts on eyeliner, glosses her lips, and takes one last look in the mirror, all for the boy who will never care ― Frank Ocean

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I hope I am not too old to take it up seriously, nor too stupid about machines to qualify as a commercial pilot. I do not feel like spending the rest of my life writing books that no one will read. It is not as though I wanted to write them.

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Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. - Steve Jobs

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I often think flowers are the angels' alphabet whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious and beautiful lessons for us to feel and learn.

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When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.

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It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by then I was too famous. —Robert Benchley

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Listen closely. There’s a remote possibility that you might learn something: First, I don’t give a damn if my work is commercial or not…I’m the writer. If what I write is good, then people will read it. That’s why literature exists. An author puts his heart and guts on the page. For your information, a good novel can change the world. Keep that in mind before you attempt to sit down at a typewriter. Never waste time on something you don’t believe in yourself.

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No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. ― Booker T. Washington

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