" Learning is never done without error, and defeat "

— Vladimir Lenin

" Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else. "

— Buddha

" To be kind to all, to like many and love a few, to be needed and wanted by those we love, is certainly the nearest we can come to happiness. "

— Mary Stuart

" Christmas is forever, not for just one day. For loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away. "

— Norman Wesley Brooks

" When you have been hurt, and you can move on to a better understanding of yourself, it is the strongest thing you will ever do. "

— Pablo Neruda

" The only thing more painful than being an active forgetter is to be an inert rememberer. "

— Jonathan Safran Foer