There are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along; people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely because we took the time to share what we had to give.

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I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.

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To all those broken or hopeless, I have learned this: Be grateful for every single person who was part of your story. The ones that hurt you. The ones that helped you. The ones that came, and the ones that left. They all taught you. Don't think for a moment that any of it was random. There are no oversights with God. Only perfectly crafted chapters in each unique journey.

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This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best. Night, sleep, and the stars. -- Walt Whitman

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So many books, so little time. ― Frank Zappa

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For being different, it’s easy. But to be unique, it’s a complicated thing.

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Somewhere out there is a unique place for you to help others – a unique life role for you to fill that only you can fill. — Thomas Kinkade

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Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.― Mark Twain

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Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. ― Neil Gaiman

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Be YOU. Don't be someone else. YOU are a unique individual. Be proud rock it loud. - Apolo Ohno

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