We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.

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I love you. I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I've ever had, and no matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours.

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I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight. — George S. Patton

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The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.

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In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit. ― Anne Frank

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The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it. — Thucydides

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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.

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Our life is what our thoughts make it. Marcus Aurelius

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I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.

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