“I don't know if you've ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong.” 
― Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning

“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” 
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

"Water is patient. Dripping water wears away a stone. Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.” 
― Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad

“Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.” 
― Peter S. Beagle, The Last Unicorn

“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.” 
― Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek