Quotes

“If you are lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.” – John Irving

“A woman has got to love a bad man once or twice in her life, to be thankful for a good one.” – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Yearling

“In any given moment, we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety.” – Abraham Maslow

“It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so profoundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names.” – Yann Martel, Life of Pi

“Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.” – Louis De Bernieres, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

“You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments that stand out above everything else are the moments when you have done things in the spirit of love.” – Henry Drummond

“The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” – Mitch Albom

“Perhaps, the feelings that we experience when we are in love represent a normal state. Being in love shows a person who he should be.” – Anton Chekhov

“Real love is a pilgrimage. It happens when there is no strategy, but it is very rare because most people are strategists.” – Anita Brookner

“If those whom we begin to love could know us as we were before meeting them…they could perceive what they have made for us.” – Albert Camus