I was born to be an explorer. There never was any decision to make. I coudn't be anything else and be happy,the desire to see new places, to discover new facts- the curiosity of life always has been a resistless driving force to me.

It is a self-deception of philosophers and moralists to imagine that they escape decadence by opposing it. That is beyond their will; and, however little they acknowledge it, one later discovers that they were among the most powerful promoters of decadence.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.

Aeschylus

The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.

Honore de Balzac

Come to the edge.We might fall.Come to the edge.It's too high!COME TO THE EDGE!And they cameand he pushedand they flew...

Christopher Logue, written for a

My grandfather Frank Lloyd Wright wore a red sash on his wedding night. That is glamour!

Anne Baxter

Someday you'll find someone special again. People who've been in love once usually do. It's in their nature.

Nicholas Sparks

Real change isn't found in some new way to think about yourself, but in freedom from the need to think about yourself at all.

Guy Finley

He hugged her tight, mixing their tears to be bottled and fermented, so they could be drunk on each other when this was all over.

Pete Wentz

The lives of all people flow through time, and, regardless of how brutal one moment may be, how filled with grief or pain or fear, time flows through all lives equally.

Orson Scott Card

Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.

Baltasar Gracian, The Art of Wor

The constitutions of Maryland and New York are founded in higher wisdom.

Ezra Stiles

He was in my hair, my eyes, my fingers, my heart. I day-dreamed about what he was doing, thinking, seeing, smelling, feeling. I could not eat for thoughts of him.

Lisa See