"Count your life by smiles, not tears. Count your age by friends, not years."

"There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes." -The Doctor on Doctor Who

"A funny and philosophical meditation on why error is mostly a humane, courageous and extremely desirable human trait. ... If admiring [this book] is wrong, I don’t want to be right." -Dwight Garner

"If you are not afraid of the voices inside of you, you will not fear the critics outside of you." -Natalie Goldberg

"Be assertive when decisive action is needed." -Chinese Fortune Cookie (12/1/2010)

“It is better to be hated for what you are than loved for what you are not.” -Andre Gide

“I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.” -Marilyn Monroe