Do you know what happens when you hurt people? When you hurt people, they begin to love you less. That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.

-The God of small things

What makes a man a man? A friend of mine once wondered. Is it his origins? The way he comes to life? I don't thinks so. It's the choices he makes. Not how he starts things, but how he decides to end them.

-Hellboy

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever. It's to create something that will
 

-Postsecret

Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their superpowers were as simple as listening, or loving. Heroes were ordinary people who knew that even if their own lives were impossibly knotted, they could untangle someone else's. A maybe that one act could lead someone to rescue you right back

-Jodi Picoult

“The friends who grew up with you deserve a special respect. The ones who stuck by you shoulder to shoulder, in a time where nothing was certain, all life lay ahead, and every road led home.”
 

—The Wonder Years