Awake Quote by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

“Life may not always be beautiful. Sometimes it hurts. But this one thing I can do. Always. I can always choose joy.”

— Anusha Atukorala

“And occasionally I became very sad over that happiness, because I was well aware it couldn’t last. I wasn’t meant to exist in the…

— Hermann Hesse

“You have the power to choose joyful living through your thoughts, actions, and choices.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

“That I should just dive in and let my world fall apart and rebuild itself. That if I can embrace change, I can embrace…

— Suzanne Morrison

“Every emotion I’d ever felt was coursing through me, desire, need, joy, love, and even grief. We’d been through everything, through things people should…

— Deanna Roy

“My struggle is harsh and I come back with eyes tired at times from having seen the unchanging earth, but when your laughter enters…

— Pablo Neruda

“How easy it would be to let the emptiness swallow me. To find release from sadness at the bottom. To be welcomed by those…

— Joelle Charbonneau

“I wept in self-pity, and because I knew you could never go back. You chose your path, and that was it.”

— Juliet Marillier

“And I don't want to die anymore. I am up to the challenge of bearing the guilt and the grief, up to facing the…

— Veronica Roth

“All I can do is read a book to stay awake, and it rips my life away, but it's a great escape.”

— Blind Melon

“And this is why we must do all we can to be with those we love, while we’re still breathing. Because who knows when…

— Christina L. Rozelle

“But the struggles make you stronger and the changes make you wise... And happiness has its own way of taking its sweet time.”

— Gary Allen