" So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed? "

— Hunter S. Thompson

" The moon is a companion in the night sky; always watching, sometimes glowing, sometimes dimmed, but always there. "

— Unknown

" Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate. "

— Germaine Greer

" The unexamined life is not worth living. "

— Socrates

" It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise. "

— Sara Teasdale

" A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you. "

— Elbert Hubbard