Wake up call may be a disastrous failure, if it results in a life change, the failure is worth the suffering.

— Faisal Khosa

Scent is such a powerful tool of attraction, that if a woman has this tool perfectly tuned, she needs no other. I will forgive her a large nose, a cleft lip, even crossed-eyes; and I’ll bathe in the jouissance of her intoxicating odour.

— Roman Payne

I found that those friends of mine who welcomed the unseen into the realm of their seen offered immediate understanding. Some are Christians, some are not. Most are artists of some kind or other; artistry can extend to a way of being, of living lovingly in this world. Many seem to have almost a spiritual affinity for the unmarked trail, armed only with True North. ['Leap With Faith' Blogpost By Carolyn Weber — July 27, 2011].

— Carolyn Weber

When I became too much myself, I had to change my life.

— Abby Norman

What is a Wanderess? Bound by no boundaries, contained by no countries, tamed by no time, she is the force of nature’s course.

— Roman Payne

Here’s to the “so-so-ing” it.Here’s to the working since I was 14 in a smoke clouded day. Here’s to saying I could stay until the forms were faxed.Here’s to driving home past dark and dozing off the road.Here’s to no over time.Here’s to the long line to management.Here’s to ALREADY DONE THAT!Here’s to quitting, saying I’m through, saying I can’t compete for your leftover lean cuisine. Here’s to art. Here’s to freedom. Here’s to saying God gave me every penny and knowing it’s true. Here’s to the next 40 years with you.Here’s to the new.— Adrianna Stepiano.

— Adrianna Stepiano

A month ago, Gavin had given his employer four weeks' notice. 'I'll get a job around here,' he'd told her. 'Something low-stress, part-time, maybe. We're not paying rent, and Dad's left us plenty. You should quit, too.' A year earlier this news would have filled her with delicious, full fat, chocolate-coated joy. But now, after a grueling routine of shitty work, shitty- weird home life in a house where the shadow of a dead boy walked more solidly than the grownups, shitty headaches, shitty worry about a husband who couldn't keep his dick out of other women, the golden offer just weirded Laine out. She didn't trust it.

— Stephen M. Irwin

The most painful moments and memories eventually lead to the greatest strengths and growth in life.

— Kemi Sogunle

Confinement is not a part of your destiny. Your life purpose is to take the totality of your negative experiences, roll them up into one, and use them positively to lay the foundation for your destiny. Confinement is not a part of your destiny. Your life purpose is to take the totality of your negative experiences, roll them up into one, and use them positively to lay the foundation for your destiny.

— B.L. Brown

When it comes to the core of who we are, it takes incredible effort to shift more than one standard deviation from the mean of your life.

— E. Obeng-Amoako Edmonds