"It may be only a moment,
but the world just falls away,
And I forget myself and everything else
That depressed me yesterday.
And I can sing"
- Gotye, "In Your Light"

"I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night."
- Galileo Galilei

“Time stands still best in moments that look suspiciously like ordinary life.”
- Brian Andreas

"Always be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of somebody else."
- Judy Garland

"We cannot become what we want to be by remaining what we are."
- Max DePree

"The student has his Rome, his whole glowing Italy, within the four walls of his library. He has in his books the ruins of an antique world and the glories of a modern one."
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"Anyone can be cool, but awesome takes practice."
- Lorraine Peterson

"Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost."
- Robert H. Schuller

"I said to the sun, tell me about the Big Bang. The sun said, 'It hurts to become.'"
- Andrea Gibson

"Nothing good happens after 2 a.m. Go home."
- Ted, How I Met Your Mother 1.18

"Remember that what you believe will depend very much on what you are."
- Noah Porter

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."
- Goethe

"Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy."
- 1 Peter 1:8

"Too many guys think I'm a concept, or I complete them, or I'm gonna make them alive. But I'm just a f'ed-up girl who's looking for my own peace of mind; don't assign me yours."
- Clementine, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

"When a woman tells the truth, she is creating the possibility for more truth around her."
- Adrienne Rich

"When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’ I am always tempted to ask, ‘Compared to what?’"
- Sydney J. Harris

"One can never pay in gratitude; one can only pay 'in kind' somewhere else in life."
- Anne Morrow Lindberg

"God will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”
- Revelation 21:4

"Personally, I thought that one could thank the Lord at a lower volume and perhaps with less self-congratulation."
- Piper Kerman, Orange is the New Black

"Photography, fortunately, to me has not only been a profession but also a contact between people -- to understand human nature and to record, if possible, the best in each individual."
- Nickolas Muray

"I always carry emergency s'more rations in my car."
- Leslie, Parks and Recreation 4.1

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."
- Maya Angelou

"From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked."
- Luke 12:48

"People who love to eat are always the best people."
- Julia Child

"All important people lie in state."
- CE