Michelle

“Disassemble the cells of a sponge (by passing them through a sieve, for instance), then dump them into a solution, and they will find their way back together and build themselves into a sponge again. You can do this to them over and over, and they will doggedly reassemble because, like you and me and every other living thing, they have one overwhelming impulse: to continue to be.”
― Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything

“I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.”
― Augusten Burroughs

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson