You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from. Cormac McCarthy
Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real. Cormac McCarthy
Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. Fernando Pessoa
what matters most is how well you walk through the fire Charles Bukowski
Pains of love be sweeter far Than all other pleasures are. John Dryden
Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one. Terry Pratchett
When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time. Laurie Halse Anderson
The memory of benefits is a frail defence against ingratitude. Leonardo da Vinci
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation. Herman Melville
Never give up... No one knows what's going to happen next. L. Frank Baum
A leader is a dealer in hope. Napoleon I of France
The concept of space is not abstracted from external sensations. Immanuel Kant