" Do not look for a sanctuary in anyone except your self. "

— Buddha

" The world's continual breathing is what we hear and call silence. "

— Clarice Lispector

" The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure. "

— D. H. Lawrence

" Speech is silver, silence is golden. "

— Thomas Carlyle

" The language of friendship is not words but meanings. "

— Henry David

" A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves—a special kind of double. "

— Toni Morrison