'"I don't believe in fate or destiny. I believe in various degrees of hatred, paranoia, and abandonment. However much of that gets heaped upon you doesn't matter - it's only a matter of how much you can take and what it does to you."'
--Henry Rollins ---

"Differences challenge assumptions."
-----------------Anne Wilson Schaef---------------------

"The past is not dead. In fact, it's not even past."
---William Faulkner ---

"Man does not control his own fate. The women in his life do that for him."
--Groucho Marx--

"The chains that bind us the most closely are the ones we have broken."
----Antonio Porchia----

'"A broken bone can heal, but the wound a word opens can fester forever. "'
----Jessamyn West-----

"If you are carrying strong feelings about something that happened in your past, they may hinder your ability to live in the present. "
----------Les Brown--------

'"But you can't realize, you can't know what another person goes through."'
-------------Beatrice Wood ----------

'"Sometimes when you try to avoid something you just run into it that much faster."'
-----Ellie McGregor----

'"Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. "'
---------Helen Keller --------

"'Tragedies happen. What are you gonna do, give up? Quit? No. I realize now that when your heart breaks, you got to fight like hell to make sure you're still alive. Because you are. And that pain you feel? That's life. The confusion and fear? That's there to remind you, that somewhere out there is something better, and that something is worth fighting for."'
---------Nathan Scott------------

'"Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them. "'
------Henry Ford ------