I think you’re made of very, very good stuff.
Emily Deschanel, Bones
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
Maya Angelou
Thank you, dear God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.
Garrison Keillor, Leaving Home
‘And now,’ cried Max, ‘let the wild rumpus start!’

Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

RIP

Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow, and easy. Maybe there are other things that your special case requires to make you happy, but, my friend, these I reckon will give you a good lift.
Abraham Lincoln
My wish is that you may be loved to the point of madness.
André Breton
Open your ears, open your hearts. Don’t take yourselves too seriously and take yourself as seriously as death itself. Don’t worry. Worry your ass off. Have iron clad confidence. But doubt! It keeps you awake and alert. Believe you are the baddest ass in town and you suck. It keeps you honest. Be able to keep two completely contradictory ideas alive and well in your heart and head at all times. If it does not drive you crazy it will make you strong. Stay hard, stay hungry and stay alive.

Bruce Springsteen, SXSW keynote via guardian.co.uk

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For you, a thousand times over.
Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner
I wish[] that you [] find happiness: […] love, laughter, friendship, purpose. And a dance.
David Boreanaz, Bones
Our lives were just beginning, our favorite moment was right now, our favorite songs were unwritten.
Rob Sheffield, Love Is a Mix Tape
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man.
Benjamin Franklin
Hope
Smiles from the threshold of the year to come,
Whispering ‘it will be happier’…
Alfred Lord Tennyson
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes.
Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something.
So that’s my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before. Don’t freeze, don’t stop, don’t worry that it isn’t good enough, or it isn’t perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life.
Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, Do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever.
Neil Gaiman

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May the coming year make us all a little smarter, a little stonger and a little kinder to one another.
K Johnson
To keep your marriage brimming, with love in the wedding cup, whenever you’re wrong, admit it; whenever you’re right, shut up.
Ogden Nash