Joann Pan

“There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.”
― Robertson Davies, The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies

“Before you know what kindness really is you must lose things, feel the future dissolve in a moment like salt in a weakened broth.”
― Naomi Shihab Nye

“Only sometimes when we pick and choose among the rules we discover later that we have set aside something precious in the process.”
― Helen Simonson, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand