“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'.”

“If you know the why, you can live any how.”

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

“The swan who goes on living in its parents' tree will die; this is why those who are beautiful and talented bear the burden of finding their own way in the world.”

Arthur Golden (1956) American novelist

“Only optimists commit suicide, the optimists who can no longer be... optimists. The others, having no reason to live, why should they have any to die?”

Emil M. Cioran (1911–1995) Romanian philosopher and essayist

“Solitude is unbearable for those who can not bear themselves.”

John Lancaster Spalding (1840–1916) Catholic bishop

“How much of this truth can I bear to see and still live
unblinded?
How much of this pain
can I use?”

Audre Lorde (1934–1992) writer and activist

“Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.”

Victor Hugo (1802–1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist

“How can the dead be truly dead when they still live in the souls of those who are left behind?”

Carson McCullers book The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

“No man can bear to live with a woman who speaks nothing but the truth to him.”

Orson Scott Card book Stone Tables

“There's a dancing bear in Corus who's almost as shaggy as I am.”

Tamora Pierce (1954) American writer of fantasy novels for children