One of the things she had learned early in her life was that if you discovered something that made you tighten inside, you had better try to learn more about it. If you simply ignored the feeling, you would never know what might happen, and in many ways that was worse than finding out you were wrong in the first place. Because if you were wrong, you could go forward in your life without ever looking back over your shoulder and wondering what might have been.
Nicholas Sparks ; Message In A Bottle

There comes a time in every life when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn to know the sound of it. Otherwise, you'll never understand what it's saying.
Sarah Dessen ; Just Listen

But if something was really important, fate made sure it somehow came back to you and gave you another chance. Events conspired to bring you back to where you’d been. It was what you did then that made all the difference: it was all about potential.
Sarah Dessen ; The Truth About Forever

At the end of the day, you can either focus on what's tearing you apart, or what's holding you together.

Let the things you love be your escape.
Dawson's Creek

Not everything turns into what it's supposed to be. Not everybody is supposed to just walk out of your life. Sometimes surprises and second chances do happen, you just can't be afraid to let them happen.

The further you go, the more you have to be proud of. At the same time, in order to come a long way, you have to be behind to begin with. In the end, though, maybe it's not how you reach a place that matters. Just that you get there at all.
Sarah Dessen ; Lock And Key

At one point, I felt like I lost faith in everything, and that there was no hope. Everything that I ever wanted was handed to the person next to me. I was in a sea of people, and still felt all alone, but when you're standing alone, you're forced to realize what you have in you.

Life never asks what you want, it's just gonna have its way. Sometimes it doesn't give like it takes.
Jessica Simpson

Maybe she`s jealous. Here you are, making your own life with your own goals and dreams, dreams independent of the world you grew up in, the world she expected you to inhabit - simply because she did. It takes courage to do something different, and maybe what you think is disappointment in you is actually, on some deeper level, disappointment in herself.
Nicholas Sparks ; The Choice

If you hate your parents, the man, or the establishment, don't show them up by getting wasted and wrapping your car around a tree. If you really want to rebel against your parents: outlearn them, outlive them, and know more than they do.

But wasn't that always the way. It's never something huge that changes everything, but instead the tiniest of details, irrevocably tweaking the balance of the universe while you're busy focusing on the big picture.
Sarah Dessen ; Lock And Key

The best things in life are worth waiting for, fighting for, believing in, and just just never letting go of.

When you do something hideous and no one else knows about it, you only have yourself for comfort.
Hailey Abbott ; Next Summer

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.

Life is filled with stories, you just need to make yours heard. Turn the pages, highlight your favorite memories. Bookmark the things that mean the most to you, whether or not they were good.

Never be ashamed of crying, because caring enough to cry means you have a heart.

Life is about: Trusting your feelings and taking chances. Losing and finding happiness. Appreciating the memories and learning from the pain, while realizing people always change.

I never understood the point of being sad when I could choose to be happy.
Second Helpings ; Megan McCafferty