“You change yourself in this world (indeed, if it comes from outside yourself it can be taken away). What other people --or other entities-- can do is inspire you; they can plant seeds of inspiration. If the soil isn't receptive, the seed dies, the idea is lost, as there was no place for inspiration to take hold.”

“You can, of course, write to inspire others… but most importantly, you must write to inspire yourself.”

“accept yourself, it will inspire others to do the same for themselves.”

“Can you make yourself love? Can you make yourself loved?-Lena Kaligaris”

“I feel like I should love them right away. But how do you do that? You can't make yourself love someone, can you?”

“He loved the soothing hour, when the last tints of light die away; when the stars, one by one, tremble through æther, and are reflected on the dark mirror of the waters; that hour, which, of all others, inspires the mind with pensive tenderness, and often elevates it to sublime contemplation.”

“A book can teach you, a conversation can assure you, a poem can seduce you, a genius can inspire you but only you can save yourself.”