" The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire. "

— swami vivekananda

" I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near. "

— Margaret Thatcher

" Parents are just parents, brothers are just brothers, best friends are just best friends, even husbands are just husbands, but sisters – well, sisters are the ones to whom sisters always turn in times of joy or trouble, celebration or crisis. "

— Lorraine Bodger

" Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of a sister "

— Alice Walker

" "Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others." "

— Buddha

" A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities. "

— Herman Melville