You have two choices. You can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or you can stand up for yourself and decide to be somebody important.

Sidney Sheldon, Nothing Lasts Forever

Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.

Alan Moore, V for Vendetta

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

Stephen Hawking

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There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it.

Judith McNaught, Remember When

Taken from Seuss’s Oh the Places You’ll Go!

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A girl expecting rescue never learns to save herself. Even with the means, she will find her courage wanting.

Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden

A scar signifies past pain, a wound that did not heal as it ought. But it testifies, too, to survival.

Sharon Kay Penman, Here Be Dragons