“She’d never understand me because i like too many things and get all confused and hung up running from one thing to another ‘til i drop. this is the night, what it does to you. i had nothing to offer anyone except my own confusion.” ~Jack Kerouac, On The Road

“You are not there. Somewhere in the future, suffering for something that hasn’t happened yet. You are not there, in a place where all your worries manifest. You are not there. Somewhere in the past, reliving your old mistakes and regrets. You are not there, in a place where memories resurrect. You are here, right here.”

“Every man has his secret sorrows, which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.” ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“I wish you could have been there for the sun & the rain & the long, hard hills. For the sound of a thousand conversations scattered along the road. For the people laughing & crying & remembering at the end. But, mainly, I wish you could have been there.” ~The Story People

“It’s not about what happened in the past, or what you think might happen in the future. It’s about the ride, for Christ’s sake. There is no point in going through all this crap, if your are not going to enjoy the ride. And you know what… when you least expect it, something great might come along. Something better then you even planned for.” ~Along Came Polly

“If it is important enough to you, you will find a way. If it is not, you will find an excuse.”

“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.” ~Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

“Learn to value yourself, which means: fight for your happiness.” ~Ayn Rand

“Trying to forget someone you love is like trying to remember someone you never met.”

“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.” ~Steve Jobs