Katie

“People universally tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will maybe descend upon you like fine weather if you're fortunate enough. But that's not how happiness works. Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist upon it, and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly in the manifestations of your own blessings. And once you have achieved a state of happiness, you must never become lax about maintaining it, you must make a mighty effort to keep swimming upward into that happiness forever, to stay afloat on top of it. If you don't, you will leak away your inner contentment. It's easy enough to pray when you're in distress but continuing to pray even when your crisis has passed is like a sealing process, helping your soul hold tight to its good attainments.”
― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love

“In the end it happens, in some way you couldn't imagine before.”
― Paolo Giordano, The Solitude of Prime Numbers

“Women are amazing creatures-sweet, soft, gentle, and far more savage than we are.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

“Must be yearning deep in human heart to stop other people from doing as they please.”
― Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress