Growing old is like being increasingly penalised for a crime you haven't committed"

Anthony Powell

You should respect each other and refrain from disputes; you should not, like water and oil, repel each other, but should, like milk and water, mingle together.

Buddha

There are other measures of self-respect for a man, than the number of clean shirts he puts on every day.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

When a family is free of abuse and oppression, it can be the place where we share our deepest secrets and stand the most exposed, a place where we learn to feel distinct without being “better,” and sacrifice for others without losing ourselves.

Letty Cottin Pogrebin

The circulation of confidence is better than the circulation of money.

James Madison (1751-1836), 3rd US president