Let us have the luxury of silence.

Let us have the luxury of silence.

Jane Austen

Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be.

Today is only one day in all the days that will ever be.

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

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

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

The rain will stop, the night will end, the hurt will fade. Hope is never so lost that it can't be found.

The rain will stop, the night will end, the hurt will fade. Hope is never so lost that it can't be found.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.

my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

Where the waters do agree, it is quite wonderful the relief they give.

Where the waters do agree, it is quite wonderful the relief they give.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.

Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

Nobody minds having what is too good for them.

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.

A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.

A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

What is right to be done cannot be done too soon.

Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.

Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without.

Sometimes the last person on earth you want to be with is the one person you can't be without.

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

Her own thoughts and reflections were habitually her best companions.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.