• “you cannot find peace by avoiding life” – virginia w. “the hours” (2002)

“i am out with lanterns, looking for myself” – emily d. “letter” (1865)

“do not let the behavior of others ruin your inner peace” – jane a. “sense and sensibility” (1811)

• “in the end, we'll all become stories” – margaret a. “moral disorder and other stories” (2006)

“i am in the mood to dissolve in the sky” – virginia w. “a room of one’s own” (1929)

“a year from now you may wish you had started today” – karen l. (2013)

“forever is composed of nows” – emily d. “690” (1830-1886)

• “i have found beauty in the whimsically ordinary” – elissa g. (2010)