Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
Wherever you are - be all there.
Know or listen to those who know.
You never know what motivates you.
The dog that trots about finds a bone.
If you're going through hell, keep going.
Who seeks shall find.
Things do not happen. Things are made to happen.
Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
After these three novels I gave up writing novels for a time I was dissatisfied with romantic doom, yet didn't see much way around it.