Life is like an onion; you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. ― Carl Sandburg

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You need just the right amount of 'Fuck the world' and the right amount of belief in something...and you need the right amount of love. ― Gerard Way

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I’m out there to clean the plate. Once they’ve read what I’ve written on a subject, I want them to think, ‘That’s it!’ I think the highest aspiration people in our trade can have is that once they’ve written a story, nobody will ever try it again. - Richard Ben Cramer

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But how could you live and have no story to tell? — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are. — Beyoncé

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Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you.. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you. ― Jim Rohn

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Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I must listen to my life telling me who I am. ― Parker J. Palmer

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Sometimes happiness is not knowing the whole story. ― François Lelord

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The day you stop learning is the day you begin decaying.

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Your greatest achievement will always be your life’s story. – Michael Margolis

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