"Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure." - Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Emerson, Ralph Waldo

"There's someone out there for everyone - even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them." - Telemacher, Harris K. [played by Steve Martin] in 'L.A. Story'

"The road goes ever on and on down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the road has gone and I must follow if I can. Pursuing it with weary feet until it joins some larger way, where many paths and errands meet - and whither then, I cannot say." - Tolkien, J. R. R.