(2,001)Sometimes we get sad about things and we don't like to tell other people that we are sad about them. We like to keep it a secret. Or sometimes, we are sad but we really don't know why we are sad, so we say we aren't sad but we really are.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

(2,002)Some birds are not meant to be caged, that's all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild. So you let them go, or when you open the cage to feed them they somehow fly out past you. And the part of you that knows it was wrong to imprison them in the first place rejoices, but still, the place where you live is that much more drab and empty for their departure.

Different Seasons by Stephen King

(2,003)In a child's eyes, a mother is a goddess. She can be glorious or terrible, benevolent or filled with wrath, but she commands love either way. I am convinced that this is the greatest power in the universe.

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin

(2,004)Because I feel that in the heavens above

The angels, whispering one to another,

Can find among their burning tears of love,

None so devotional as that of "Mother,"

Therefore, by that dear name I have long called you,

You who are more than mother unto me.

To My Mother by Edgar Allen Poe

(2,005)The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.

Linus Pauling

(2,006)Books aren't written, they're rewritten. Including your own. It's one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.

Michael Crichton

(2,007)I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends. We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

Slouching Towards Bethlehem byJoan Didion

(2,008)In the evening he went to the cinema to see The Lord of the Rings, which he had never before had time to see. He thought that orcs, unlike human beings, were simple and uncomplicated creatures.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

(2,009)You can never visit the same place twice. Each time, it's a different story. By the very act of coming back, you wipe out what came before.

The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson

(2,010)A million dollars sounds like a lot, I know. Especially when you're young. But you can't let money erode your principles or you'll wind up with nothing.

Sammy Keyes and The Dead Giveaway by Wendelin Van Draanen

(2,011)It's always easier to say good-bye when you know it's just a prelude to hello.

The Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson

(2,012)We are all going, I thought, and it applies to turtles and turtlenecks, Alaska the girl and Alaska the place, because nothing can last, not even the earth itself. The Buddha said that suffering was caused by desire, we'd learned, and that the cessation of desire meant the cessation of suffering. When you stopped wishing things wouldn't fall apart, you'd stop suffering when they did.

Looking For Alaska by John Green

(2,013)The term "forgive and forget" doesn't make sense to me. Forgiving does allow us to stop dwelling on an issue, which isn't always healthy. But if we forget, we don't learn from our mistakes.

Abandon by Meg Cabot

(2,014)That's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

(2,015)At any rate, that's happiness; to be dissolved into something completed and great.

My Antonia by Willa Cather

(2,016)"Dear God," she prayed, "let me be something of every minute of every hour of my life."

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith

(2,017)AsEstha stirred the thick jam he thought two thoughts and the two thoughts he thought were these: a) Anything can happen to anyone. and b) It is best to be prepared.

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

(2,018)There's a sense in which we are all each other's consequences.

All The Little Live Things by Wallace Stegner

(2,019)Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering.

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

(2,020)The pieces I am, she gather them and gave them back to me in all the right order.

Beloved by Toni Morrison

(2,021)She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

(2,022)We cross our bridges as we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of the smell of smoke, and the presumption that once our eyes watered.

Rosencratz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard

(2,023)Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it yet.

Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

(2,024)I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded; not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

(2,025)Maybe the Internet raised us, or maybe people are jerks.

"A World Alone" by Lorde

(2,026)There's only one thing left here to say,

Love's never too late.

"Let Me Go" by Avril Lavigne

(2,027)Stop existing and start living.

"Heal the World" by Michael Jackson

(2,028)I live for the nights that I can't remember, with the people that I won't forget.

"Show Me A Good Time" by Drake

(2,029)Jealousy is just love and hate at the same time.

"Over My Dead Body" by Drake

(2,030)When all is said and done, more is always said than done.

"Club Paradise" by Drake

(2,031)Mind in one place, heart in another.

"It's Good" by Lil Wayne

(2,032)The girl that I want to save is like a danger to my health. Try being with somebody that want to be somebody else.

"The Motion" by Drake

(2,033)The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

Robert Byrne

(2,034)Arguing with a fool proves there are two.

Doris M. Smith

(2,035)Family is like music:

Some high notes, some low notes, but always a beautiful song.

Unknown

(2,036)Only an aunt can give hugs like a mother, keep secrets like a sister and share love like a friend.

Unknown

(2,037)The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.

John E. Southard

(2,038)Praise the bridge that carried you over.

George Colman

(2,039)The world's a rollercoaster and I'm not strapped in. Maybe I should hold with care, but my hands are busy in the air.

Brandon Boyd

(2,040)Someone will inevitably find something wrong in almost everything, so do what it is that you do best and remember to have enough tolerance for two.

Brandon Boyd

(2,041)Life can be like a rollercoaster...And just when you think you've had enough, and you're ready to get off the ride and take the calm, easy merry-go round...You change your mind, throw your hands in the air and ride the rollercoaster all over again. That's exhilaration...that's living a little bit on the edge...that's being alive.

Stacey Charter

(2,042)It's kind of like being on a rollercoaster. If you don't get on the ride, you won't experience the adventure.

Mariah Carey (Artist)

(2,043)Life's a rollercoaster—It has ups and downs. It's how you come back from the downs that matters.

Thiago Alves

(2,044)If you're not going after your dreams, you merely exist. Don't just exist. Be a part of life.

Uriah Hall

(2,045)Life makes no apologies as it changes without warning; embrace the rollercoaster ride and how alive it makes you feel.

Scottie Somers

(2,046)Sensible men show their sense by saying much in few words. Noble actions are the substance of life; good sayings its ornament and guide.

Charles Simmons

(2,047)One of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others.

Lewis Carroll

(2,048)It's been a rollercoaster life but it hasn't been boring.

Cynthia Payne

(2,049)It is a risk to love. What if it doesn't work out? Ah, but what if it does.

Peter McWilliams

(2,050)We know that hockey is where we live, where we can best meet and overcome pain and wrong and death. Life is just a place where we spend time between games.

Fred Shero