“Two or three things I know for sure, and one of them is that if we are not beautiful to each other, we cannot know beauty in any form.” – Dorothy Allison

“You attract the right things when you have a sense of who you are.” – Amy Poehler

“Few people, very few, have a treasure, and if you do, you must hang onto it. You must not let yourself be waylaid, and have it taken from you.” – Alice Munro, Runaway

“Never say you know the last word about any human heart.” – Henry James

“One can never ask anyone to change a feeling.” – Susan Sontag

“Consideration for others is the basis of a good life, a good society.” Confucius

“You need someone who will treat you with respect, love every part of you, especially your flaws.” – Cecelia Ahern

“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.” – Maya Angelou

“Real, sane, mature love — the kind that pays the mortgage year after year and picks up the kids after school — is not based on infatuation but on affection and respect.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

“Our chief want in life is someone who shall make us do what we can.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson