You can speak truth to power, . . But when you speak truth to weakness, weakness gets mad and queasy. It accuses you of its own insecurity."" The Off Season: A Victorian Sequel

— Jack Cady

You can't always expect people to apply your wisdom when they didn't use wisdom before they found themselves knee-deep in their version of justice.

— Shannon L. Alder

You don't have to knock anyone off their game to win yours. It doesn’t build you up to tear others down.

— Mandy Hale

You know, I've always thought scars were beautiful. Really. They remind me of my Savior. You know, without scars, Jesus would look like any other man. His scars proved his love for you and me. He became marred and disfigured by choice, because of his love.

— J.E.B. Spredemann

You know what would be fun,” our school’s administration likely thought, huffing glue out of an old sock. “What if we make our cruelest eleven-year-olds assess each other in wet spandex for an hour every day for a week in the dead of winter?

— Scaachi Koul

You're torn between wanting to be closer and wanting to push me away," he said. "So I vote for closer. I'll always vote for closer.

— Martina Boone

YOUR GREATER ANIMAL They say that if you are Ever confronted BYA lion or bear, To never act scared.Instead, act like You are the greater animal And that they'Bethe hardhat you are about To tear. This has beenProvenAnd compared. This is how presidents Are Loveland feared. Each one of us has an animal Within us That is armed with Mental, Physical or Spiritual gifts That could shoot spears Through the air. So next time You are confronted Ina fight that seems unfair, Just remember the lion and the bear.MAGNIFY Your greater animal And all that feel your magnificence Will quickly step away And disappear.

— Suzy Kassem

Your love is as stable as you are: It's not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.

— Criss Jami

Your tears are never invisible---there is always an insecure woman that lights up when you point them out.

— Shannon L. Alder

Zoe stopped one last time in front of the mirror, adjusting her new American dress. She didn’t see the dress, however. She saw what the big Russian did to her. Furthermore, she saw what al-Qaeda did to her. Furthermore, she saw a person shunned by her Persian village. Furthermore, she saw ugliness. Every time she looked in the mirror she saw deficiency.

— Michael Benzehabe