Ursula K. Le Guin: "To light a candle is to cast a shadow."

You grow old when you stop learning.

Sometimes you need to remind yourself that you were the one who carried yourself through the heartache. You are the one who sits with the cold body on the shower floor and picks it up. You are the one who feeds it, who clothes it, who tucks it into bed, and you should be proud of that. Having the strength to take care of yourself when the world is trying to bleed you dry - that is the strongest thing in the universe.

Don't take life too seriously. Sometimes you just have to laugh at your problems knowing it's not the end of everything.