" New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings. "

— Lao Tzu

" A flower blossoms for its own joy. "

— Oscar Wilde

" Love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is done well. "

— Vincent van Gogh

" Speech is silver, silence is golden. "

— Thomas Carlyle

" The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to. "

— Carl Sandburg

" Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate. "

— Germaine Greer