1. “… you know that ‘soft’ is stronger than ‘hard’, water stronger than rocks, love stronger than force.” (Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha)

2. “Life’s not always logical.” (Bethany Campbell, Hear No Evil)

3. “… change is hard on everyone.” (Niki Burnham, Royally Jacked)

4. “But the end of everything is also the beginning of everything…” (James Stephens, The Triangle)

5. “It is the business and the art of life to degrade permanencies.” (James Stephens, The Triangle)

6. “Everyone’s gotta do for himself.” (Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja)

7. “It’s one great search for whatever it is we want: love, money, fame, recognition, security – all of those things.” (Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja)

8. “No years are empty in life;
and wasted – that depends on
what is made of them, and after.”
(Terry Anderson, Den of Lions – Memoirs of Seven Years)

9. “… we are given only what we can stand, not one bit more.” (Terry Anderson, Den of Lions – Memoirs of Seven Years)

10. “Life, she firmly believed, was for the living. One mourned one’s loss and moved onward.” (Eric Van Lustbader, The Ninja)

Author V.M. Simandan

is a Beijing-based Romanian positive psychology counsellor and former competitive archer

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