" "Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work." "

— Stephen King

" The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. "

— Nelson Mandela

" The silence of a flower: a kind of silence which we continually evade, of which we are afraid. "

— Muriel Barbery

" The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's life. "

— Richard Bach

" Big sisters are the ones who teach you how to navigate the world with grace and strength. "

— Me

" Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man. "

— Thomas Wolfe