secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.

— Charles Dickens

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If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.

— Walt Whitman

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He will always do the thing which will bring him the most mental comfort—for that is the sole law of his life.He will always do the thing which will bring him the most mental comfort—for that is the sole law of his life.

— Mark Twain

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I wear the chain I forged in lifeI wear the chain I forged in life

— Charles Dickens

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Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.

— Maya Angelou

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I believe that no one is born free from the need for love.I believe that no one is born free from the need for love.

— Dalai Lama

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Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.

— Confucius

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I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone.I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone.

— Frida Kahlo

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No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him.

— Charles Dickens

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and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.and we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence.

— George Eliot

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As many kinds of wreaths can be made from a heap of flowers, so many good things may be achieved by a mortal when once he is born.As many kinds of wreaths can be made from a heap of flowers, so many good things may be achieved by a mortal when once he is born.

— Buddha

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And grief still feels like fear.And grief still feels like fear.

— C. S. Lewis

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