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

— Carl Sandburg

" Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering, and it’s all over much too soon "

— Woody Allen

" A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. "

— Walter Winchell

" In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends. "

— Okakura Kakuzo

" I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul. "

— Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

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

— Ralph Waldo Emerson