" Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes. "

— Henry David Thoreau

" It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. "

— Lou Holtz

" I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride; I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that you hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep, your eyes close. "

— Pablo Neruda

" Few things in the world are more powerful than a positive push. A smile. A world of optimism and hope. A ‘you can do it’ when things are tough. "

— Richard M. Devos

" To fall in love is awfully simple, but to fall out of love is simply awful. "

— Bess Myerson

" A flower blossoms for its own joy. "

— Oscar Wilde