“I remember awakening one morning and finding everything smeared with the color of forgotten love and I’ve memorized that too.”— Charles Bukowski, bukowskiquotes.com
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”— Ernest Hemingway, amazon.com
“Summer romances end for all kinds of reasons. But when all is said and done, they have one thing in common: They are shooting stars-a spectacular moment of light in the heavens, a fleeting glimpse of eternity. And in a flash, they're gone.”— Nicholas Sparks, amazon.com