Unknown Lands
“The gladdest moment in human life is a departure into unknown lands.”
– Sir Richard Burton
Image: Bradley Dunn
Tag: chances
You Won’t Remember
“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain.”
― Jack Kerouac
Image: Brennan Burling
Protecting Yourself
“You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness.”
– Jonathan Safran Foer
Image: Nathan Dumlao
Tears
“Tears are words the mouth can’t say nor can the heart bear.”
– Joshua Wisenbaker
Image: Tears for the loss of a beloved family member. – Kat J
Broken Heart
“I don’t want to break someone’s heart, but you can’t control that. A broken heart happens; that’s inevitable.”
– Lykke Li
Image: Priscilla Du Preez
Broken and Whole
“There is some kind of a sweet innocence in being human- in not having to be just happy or just sad- in the nature of being able to be both broken and whole, at the same time.”
– C. Joybell 
Personality
“The largest part of what we call ‘personality’ is determined by how we’ve opted to defend ourselves against anxiety and sadness.”
– Alain de Botton
The Price We Pay
“So it’s true when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.”
– E.A. Bucchianeri
Image: Gabriel
Sadder It Becomes
“The longer and more carefully we look at a funny story, the sadder it becomes.”
– Nikolai Gogol