The world breaks everyone,

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places. Ernest Hemingway

Take your life in

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame. Erica Jong

And the trouble is,

And the trouble is, if you don’t risk anything, you risk even more. Erica Jong

Advice is what we

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn’t. Erica Jong

Stop wearing your wishbone

Stop wearing your wishbone where your backbone ought to be. Elizabeth Gilbert

The most beautiful people

The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of those depths. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross