The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. // H.L. Mencken

The truest, most beautiful life never promises to be an easy one. // Glennon Doyle

Everybody needs a passion. That’s what keeps life interesting. If you live without passion, you can go through life without leaving any footprints. // Betty White

You have to pick the places you don’t walk away from. – Joan Didion,  A Book of Common Prayer (1977)

The one person who will never leave us, whom we will never lose, is ourself. Learning to love our female selves is where our search for love must begin. // bell hooks