no place like home

"people would rather live in homes regardless of its grayness.

there is no place like home."

- l. frank baum

rebel

"we are all the products of our own upbringing, 

until we reflect, refuse, and rebel."

- rawi hage

the forest

"the forest did not tolerate frailty of body or mind.

show your weakness, and it would consume you without hesitation."

- tahir shah

acceptance is a small, quiet room

"most things will be okay eventually, but not everything will be.  sometimes you'll put up a good fight and lose.  sometimes you'll hold on really hard and realize there is no choice but to let go.  acceptance is a small, quiet room."

- cheryl strayed

to be a doll

"it is an anxious, sometimes dangerous thing to be a doll.

dolls cannot choose; they can only be chosen;

they cannot 'do'; they can only be done by."

-rumer godden

who you really are

"there are two approaches to going to a party.

one approach is to try to make yourself into someone you're not.

the other approach is the one i'm trying to use: instead of trying to be someone you're not, you can simply try to emphasize who you really are."

-david leviathan

rise above?

"...oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?

can the child within my heart rise above?

can i sail through the changing ocean tides?

can i handle the seasons of my life?..."

- from "landslide" by fleetwood mac

dance in the storm

"you can dance in the storm.  don't wait for the rain to be over because it might take too long.  you can do it now.  wherever you are, right now, you can start, right now; this very moment."

- israelmore avivor

losing sight

"man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore"

- andre gide