I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather that my spark should burn out in a

brilliant blaze that it should be stifled by dry rot.

I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow,

than a sleepy and permanent planet.

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.

 I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.

 – Jack London

Memories, even your most precious ones, fade surprisingly quickly.

But I don’t go along with that. The memories I value most, I don’t ever see them fading.

 ― Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.

— Douglas Pagels

Hatred stirreth up strifes, but love covereth all sins.

 – Book of Proverbs

I am not afraid, for I was born to do this.

– Joan of Arc

Most of the shadows in this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

– Ralph Waldo Emerson

A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.

 ― William G.T. Shedd

People are screwed up in this world. I’d rather be with someone screwed up and open

 about it then somebody perfect and ready to explode.

– Ned Vizzini

Love is like heaven, but it can hurt like hell.

 - Author Unknown

People will show you who they are, but we ignore it

 because we want them to be who we want them to be.

 – Don Drape