“We didn’t talk about anything heavy or light. We were just there together, and that was enough.”
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
- Stephen Chbosky
Love
"And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that's pretty to you is pretty to other people. and that if you looked at these facts when you were happy, you would feel great because you are describing 'unity."
- Stephen Chbosky
Awareness
"“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”"
- Stephen Chbosky
Balance
"Even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there."
- Stephen Chbosky
Choice
"Things change. And friends leave. Life doesn’t stop for anybody."
- Stephen Chbosky
Change
"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
- Epictetus
Contentment
"Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there someday."
- A. A. Milne
Contentment
"Small is not just a stepping stone. Small is a great destination itself."
- Jason Fried
Contentment
"The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing."
Contentment
"As for you, you will join your ancestors in peace and be buried after a good long life."
Contentment