" You can often change your circumstances by changing your attitude. "

— Eleanor Roosevelt

" To hurt is as human as to breathe. "

— J.K. Rowling

" Fathers, be your daughter’s first love and she’ll never settle for anything less. "

— Unknown

" Often, in old age, the sisters become each other’s chosen and most happy companions. In addition to their shared memories of childhood and their relationship to each other’s children, they . . . carry the echoes of their mother’s voice. "

— Margaret Mead

" Loneliness is my least favorite thing about life. That thing that I’m most worried about is just being alone without anybody to care for or someone who will care for me. "

— Anna Hathway

" Maybe that’s what life is… a wink of the eye and winking stars. "

— Jack Kerouac