"Trying to “fix” the people in your..." - Quote by Guy Finley

“It only seems that there is something more important for you to do than to just quietly be yourself.”

“The right attitude toward any negative state begins with understanding that its only authority over you is a direct reflection of your attitude towards it.”

“Each moment of every one of my relationships serves as the secret path to the summit of myself.”

“If I'm here, I'll be trying to be a better human being, a better writer, a better friend and a better beloved.”

“It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.”

“Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves." "You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these last twenty years at least.”

“The death of a beloved is an amputation.”

“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the stomach, the same restlessness, the yawning. I keep on swallowing.”

“The two enemies of human happiness are pain and boredom.”