► a quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.

• "the happiness of this life depends less on what befalls you than the way in which you take it."
• moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars."
• "the heart is greater than the universe, for it can find pity in it for everything in the universe, and the universe itself can feel no pity."
• "you are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."
• "do more of what makes you happy."
• "if you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be."
• "progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."
• "if you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes."
• "ordinary people cannot forget the moment of miracles."
• "live your dream, and wear your passion."
• "if you have not experienced winter, then you cannot understand spring's warmth."
• "what is precious is invisible to the eye."
• "when half of me is gone, how do i live as one?"
• "we were the people who were not in the papers. we lived in the blank white spaces at the edge of print. it gave us more freedom. we lived in the gaps between the stories."
• "while you're going round and round, it's fine if you find me again even if it's far in the future."
• "you make today's me look forward to tomorrow's you."
• "bad people can be forgiven if they put down their killing tools. good people shouldn't be sent to hell after they do something bad right? that doesn't make sense."
• "難尋少年時 總有少年來."