I used to think

“I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.”

- Marcus Aurelius Antoninus

If you knew

"If you knew that hope and despair were paths to the same destination, which would you choose?"

~ Robert Brault

Sit right there

"Sit right there -
don't do a thing, just rest.
For your seperation from God,
from Love
is the hardest work in this world."

~ Hafiz

I lost everyone

I lost everyone I loved.
And then they locked me away.
With no where to hide from the pain.

~Baby Doll, Sucker Punch

I am going to escape

I am going to escape from here.
I really don't have anything to lose.

~Baby Doll, Sucker Punch

If you are

If you are completely buried in an avalanche, dig a small hole around you and spit in it. The saliva will fall down, giving you an idea of which direction is up. Dig up.

- A survival tip from the "Worst Case Scenario" calendar

It has been said

"It has been said that time heals all wounds. I do not agree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting its sanity, covers them with scar tissue, and the pain lessens, but it is never gone."

~Rose Kennedy

When a good man

"When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him."

~Euripides

In order for the light

"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present."

~Sir Francis Bacon

Ideologies

"Ideologies separate us.
Dreams and anguish bring us together."

~Eugene Ionesco

Birds sing

"Birds sing after a storm. Why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?"

~Rose Kennedy

No pressure

"No pressure,
no diamonds."

~Mary Case

Try not

"Try not.
Do or do not."

~Yoda

Try again

"Try again,
fail again.
Fail better."

~Samuel Beckett

All is a riddle

"All is a riddle,
and the key to a riddle...
is another riddle."

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

The belief

"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."

~Joseph Conrad

People are like

People are like stained-glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out,
but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed
only if there is a light from within.

~ Elizabeth Kübler-Ross

I've learned

"I've learned that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it."

~ Unknown

And be grateful

"And be grateful. Our scars have the power to remind us that the past was real."

~Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs

If you seek

If you seek to aid everyone that suffers in the galaxy, you will only weaken yourself … and weaken them. It is the internal struggles, when fought and won on their own, that yield the strongest rewards… If you care for others, then dispense with pity and sacrifice and recognize the value in letting them fight their own battles."

―Darth Traya, Star Wars