" Sometimes, being hurt too many times doesn’t make you stronger, it destroys who you were. "

— Unknown

" People pay for what they do, and, still more, for what they have allowed themselves to become. And they pay for it simply: by the lives they lead. "

— James Baldwin

" Christmas is doing a little something extra for someone. "

— Charles M. Schulz

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

— Unknown

" Don’t be dismayed at goodbyes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is certain for those who are friends. "

— Richard Bach

" Within us is the soul of the whole, the wise silence, the universal beauty, the eternal One. "

— Ralph Waldo Emerson