“Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter. Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here. Here comes the sun, here comes the sun and I say it's all right.”— The Beatles, amazon.com
“Blackbird singing in the dead of night. Take these broken wings and learn to fly.”— The Beatles, amazon.com
“It is right to hope for the best about everybody, and not to expect the worst. This sounds like a truism, but it has comforted me before now, and some day you'll find it useful. One has always to try to think more of others than of oneself, and it is best not to prejudge people on the bad side.”— Elizabeth Gaskell, amazon.com
“I’m saying, for your own sake, for the sake of your future happiness, you have got to look away from it to start your journey forward. Once you do, your life will change. It’s not going to be overnight. It’s definitely not going to be momentary. But one day, you will wake up and find the heaviness o…”— Nikita Gill, thoughtcatalog.com
“Don’t compare yourself to others and feel inadequate. Their journey is not the same as yours and their success doesn’t mean you’re a failure — it means your path is different.”— Rania Naim, thoughtcatalog.com
“See, sometimes courage isn’t climbing Mount Everest or changing the world. Sometimes your mountain to climb is made up of weekdays and months, made up of pushing yourself forward even when you want to nestle into the past. Sometimes changing the world means changing your world, as gradually as you n…”— Bianca Sparacino, thoughtcatalog.com
“When Nelson Mandela was imprisoned on Robben Island, he said that Muhammad Ali gave him hope that the walls would some day come tumbling down.”— Dave Zirin, thenation.com
““Hope” is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops - at all -”— Emily Dickinson, poetryfoundation.org
“That was the summer when everything we would become was hovering just over our heads”— Junot Dìaz, amazon.com
“Bloom where you’re planted. Be aware of the greatness that you are and realize that without you, the seaming of this mysteriously interconnected world would cease to exist as it is. Hope is never gone, it’s just ignored.”— Brianna Wiest, amazon.com
“You are our hope. So cherish this time in your life. Remember who you are. Because, right now, you have it all: The power of your imagination, the velocity of your dreams, the language of innocence, and the passion of a beginner. Don't lose it. Don't let it evaporate or get stripped away or worn awa…”— Jessica Lange, graduationwisdom.com
“Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.”— Paulo Coelho, amazon.com
“That's what you do when you want something. You don't look for reasons why it won't work. You look for reasons why it will.”— Taylor Jenkins Reid, amazon.com
“The useless days will add up to something. The shitty waitressing jobs. The hours writing in your journal. The long meandering walks. The hours reading poetry and story collections and novels and dead people’s diaries and wondering about sex and God and whether you should shave under your arms or no…”— Cheryl Strayed, amazon.com
“Be the girl who travels and reawaken your sense of hope in the world. Let it change you, transform you, and give you a sort of longing that few other things ever will.”— Jerrica Peterson, thoughtcatalog.com
“If you feel too much, there’s still a place for you here. If you feel too much, don’t go. It this world is too painful, stop and rest. It’s okay to stop and rest. If you need a break, it’s okay to say you need a break.This life –it’s not a contest, not a race, not a performance, not a thing that you…”— Jamie Tworkowski, goodreads.com