" When my sister, Joan, arrived I asked if I could swap her for a rabbit. When I think what a marvelous friend she’s been, I’m so glad my parents didn’t take me at my word. "

— Maeve Binchy

" Silence is more musical than any song. "

— Christina Rossetti

" People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don't think that's true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world. "

— Kim Culbertson

" If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. "

— Mark Twain

" Sometimes it takes a heartbreak to shake us awake and help us see we are worth so much more than we’re settling for. "

— Mandy Hale

" In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. "

— Robert Frost