" The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt. "

— Max Lerner

" It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. "

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

" Friends are people who know you really well and like you anyway. "

— Greg Tamblyn

" You don’t have to be crazy to be my friend. But it helps. "

— Unknown

" It was one January morning, very early—a pinching, frosty morning—the cove all grey with hoar-frost, the ripple lapping softly on the stones, the sun still low and only touching the hilltops and shining far to seaward. "

— Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

" Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer. "

— Muhammad Ali