"There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense."  -Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice   

"So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them." ― Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower 

"Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love." ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 

"I don't think all writers are sad, she said. I think it's the other way around- all sad people write." ― Lang Leav

"Love and loss share the same unmade bed."
― Michael Faudet, Dirty Pretty Things 

"I write because you exist." ― Michael Faudet