"Love is life. All, everything that I understand, I understand only because I love. Everything is united by it alone. Love is God, and to die means that I, a particle of love, shall return to the general and eternal source."
~Leo Tolstoy (thanks Mom)

"Patience has its limits. Take it too far and it's cowardice."
~George Jackson (thanks Mel)

"Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backwards."
~e.e. cummings (thanks Mom)

"Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren't even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it."
~Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird