" Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good. "

— John Milton

" Flowers are those little colorful beacons of the sun from which we get sunshine when dark, somber skies blanket our thoughts. "

— Dodinsky

" People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don't think that's true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world. "

— Kim Culbertson

" "True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice." "

— Martin Luther King Jr.

" Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you. "

— William Arthur Ward

" I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and glue them together again and tell myself that the mended whole was as good as new. "

— Margaret Mitchell