Joya Cousin

“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”
― Henry David Thoreau

“You are never stronger...than when you land on the other side of despair.”
― Zadie Smith, White Teeth

“This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist