When words are your only solace

"All women speak two languages,
 the language of men,
 and the language of silent suffering.
 Some women speak a third,
 the language of the Queens"

-Mohja Kahf, The Marvelous Women 

"Your soul has fallen to pieces? 

 Good. 

 Rearrange them to suit yourself"

-Hermann Hesse. 

 "You may break, you may shatter, the vase if you will,

but the scent of the roses will linger there still"

-James Moore

"We are here

 to laugh

 at the odds

 and live our lives

 so well that

 death 

 will tremble 

 to take us"

-Charles Bukowski 

"Sometimes, your only available transportation is a leap of faith"