“It’s not so much that we’re afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it’s that place in between that we fear… It’s like being between trapezes. It’s Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There’s nothing to hold on to.” ~Marilyn Ferguson

“This tremendous world I have inside of me. How to free myself, and this world, without tearing myself to pieces… And rather tear myself to a thousand pieces than be buried with this world within me.” ~The diaries of Franz Kafka

“We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.” ~Anais Nin

“It is what you read when you don’t have to that determines what you will be when you will be when you can’t help it.” ~Oscar Wilde

“And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more.” ~Erica Mann Jong

“I have grown to love secrecy. It seems to be the one thing that can make modern life mysterious or marvelous to us. The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it. When I leave town now I never tell my people where I am going. If I did, I would lose all my pleasure. It is a silly habit, I dare say, but somehow it seems to bring a great deal of romance into one’s life.” ~Oscar Wilde

“The fluttering in the stomach goes away and the dull waking pain. Sometimes I think of you and I feel giddy. Memory makes me lightheaded, drunk on champagne. All the things we did. And if anyone had said this was the price I would have agreed to pay it. That surprises me; that with the hurt and the mess comes a shaft of recognition. It was worth it. Love is worth it.” ~Jeannette Winterson

“I love no one but you, I have discovered, but you are far away and I am here alone. Then this is my life and maybe, however unlikely, I’ll find my way back there. Or maybe, one day, I’ll settle for second best. And on that same day, hell will freeze over, the sun will burn out and the stars will fall from the sky.” ~A Series of Unfortunate Events

“Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don’t let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.” ~R. I. Fitzhenry

“Hi. I saw you sitting over here, alone and I thought, wow, thank god, someone normal who doesn’t know how to interact at these things either.” ~Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind