" The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt. "

— Max Lerner

" Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up. "

— James Baldwin

" There’s a whole world out there, right outside your window. You’d be a fool to miss it. "

— Charlotte Eriksson

" In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. "

— Khalil Gibran

" Life is a journey, not a destination. "

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

" Silence is a source of great strength. "

— Lao Tzu