"So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?" -Hunter S. Thompson

"You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore." -William Faulkner

"We're born alone, We live alone, We die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone." -Orson Welles 

"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge.
That myth is more potent than history. 
That dreams are more powerful than facts.
That hope always triumphs over experience.
That laughter is the only cure for grief. 
And I believe that love is stronger than death." -Robert Fulghum

"Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.'
Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.'" -Erich Fromm