Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.

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I wanted so badly for there to be more. I ached for there to be more than my crappy little life.' He shakes his head. 'And there was more. I just couldn't see it. ― Patrick Ness

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O human race, born to fly upward, wherefore at a little wind dost thou so fall?

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You were not wanted. You were, at best, tolerated. You had to be constantly on your guard, like an animal in a jungle full of beasts of prey. You experienced it all within the short distance of five miles from the gates of St. Peter's to Park Station in the city. - Oliver Tambo

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I wanted you to know that the world in its entirety could never be found in the schools, alone, nor the streets, alone, nor in the trophy case. I wanted you to claim the whole world, as it is. ― Ta-Nehisi Coates

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As a kid, I read 'Peter Pan,' and I really wanted to be him. - Heather Graham

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All dreams are within reach. All you have to do is keep moving towards them. — Viola Davis

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To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic. - Alphonse de Lamartine

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I wanted to be a decorator. I wanted to interior design homes and do everything myself.

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Raise your love so high that anger cannot reach it. ― Matshona Dhliwayo

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