from the book 'it's really all too much' by david baird

i shall stay the way i am because i do not give a damn
dorothy parker

hugs can do great amounts pf good - especially for children
diana, princess of wales

get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please
mark twain

love is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction
antoine de saint-exupery

and my favourite

the little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over
aesop