" The present is theirs; the future, for which I really worked, is mine "

— Nikola Tesla

" I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you. There’s nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die, and after your death I will still protect you. I am stronger than depression and I am braver than loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me. "

— Elizabeth Gilbert

" It is in silence that we find ourselves, and in silence, we come closer to nature. "

— Unknown

" If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right. "

— Jules Renard

" Fathering is not something perfect men do, but something that perfects the man. "

— Frank Pittman

" It is a serious thing – just to be alive – on this fresh morning – in this broken world. "

— Mary Oliver