The most significant gifts are the ones most easily overlooked. Small, everyday blessings: woods, health, music, laughter, memories, books, family, friends, second chances, warm fireplaces, and all the footprints scattered throughout our days.

So few people know what they're capable of.

We must err , do so on the side of audacity

When it's time to die, go ahead and die, and when it's time to live, live. Don't sort-of-maybe live, but live like you're going all out, like you're not afraid.

You can't stop your heart from loving, really -- it's like standing out there in the ocean yelling at the waves to stop.

It was the first time I'd ever said the words to another person, and the sound of them broke open my heart.

Nothing is fair in this world. You might as well get that straight right now