“You can make up your own story when you look at a photo.”

“Air travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.”

Al Gore (1948) 45th Vice President of the United States

“Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo.”

Bill Gates (1955) American business magnate and philanthropist

“When you're on your own, you look for signs. Sometimes you make them up, sometimes they're actually there, but most of the time you can't tell the difference from the two.”

Cecelia Ahern (1981) Irish novelist

“When you see the ugliness behind the tears of another person, it makes you take a closer look at your own.”

John D. MacDonald (1916–1986) writer from the United States

“Make sure when you fall you land on your back if you can see you can get up.”

Les Brown (1945) American politician

“Your visions will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”

C.G. Jung (1875–1961) Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist who founded analytical psychology

“Quit dwelling on other people's stories and make up some of your own.”

Alethea Kontis (1976) American writer

“Here.
It will blind you with tears
like a lover.
It will make your reflection
a wobbling photo of grief.”

Carol Ann Duffy (1955) British writer and professor of contemporary poetry

“What do you do when you're no longer the hero of your own story?”

Michael Cunningham book By Nightfall