13.

The Little Boy and the Old Man

Said the little boy, "Sometimes I drop my spoon."
Said the old man, "I do that too."
The little boy whispered, "I wet my pants."
"I do that too," laughed the little old man.
Said the little boy, "I often cry."
The old man nodded, "So do I."
"But worst of all," said the boy, "it seems
Grown-ups don't pay attention to me."
And he felt the warmth of a wrinkled old hand.
"I know what you mean," said the little old man."

-Shel Silverstein

12.

Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.
 
-Paulo Coelho

11.

Friends are people who borrow books and set wet glasses on them.
E.A. Robinson

10.

"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."

Psalm 34:18

9.

Do you know how helpless you feel if you have a cup of coffee in your hand and you start to sneeze?

-Jean Kerr

8.

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

-The Goo Goo Dolls
Iris

7.

You are in my mind in between red lights and meetings, 
in between sips of coffee, 
in between ringing phones..." 

- Brenda Finne

6.

"People say they 'find' love, as if it were an object hidden by a rock.  But love takes many forms, and it is never the same for any man and woman.  What people find then is a certain love.  And Eddie found that certain love with Marguerite, a grateful love, a deep but quiet love, one that he knew, above all else, was irreplaceable.  Once she'd gone, he'd let the days go stale.  He put his heart to sleep."

except from pages 155-156 of
Mitch Albom's
"The Five People You Meet in Heaven"

5.

I used to expect my life to turn out like a movie or like a song lyric.

I still do.

I just watch more realistic movies and listen to heartbreaking music.

-CRA

4.

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot!

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!

Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd ...

 

-Alexander Pope

3.

What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything.  It will decide what gets you out of bed in the mornings, what you do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you.  Fall in love, stay in love, and it will decide everything.
 

Pedro Arrupe

2.

I wanted to do something, 

anything, 

but I didn't know what to do. 

So I did this. 

This is my something.
 

-Jason Watt

1.

I beg you...to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. do not search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. and the point is, to live everything. live the questions now. perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.   -Rilke