Quotes from Ben Sherwood

That's the death and life, you see. We all shine on. You just have to release your heart, alert you senses, and pay attention

Fidati del tuo cuore se il mare prende fuoco e vivi con amore anche se le stelle muteranno il loro corso..." ( Ho sognato di te )

Now turn the page, come along on the ride, and let me tell you about the death and life of Charlie St. Cloud

And live by love though the stars walk backward

Notice the little things, because somebody is reaching out to you

Somebody loves you

When that day come, we'll be waiting. Waiting for Charlie St. Cloud to come home to us. Until then we offer these parting words... May he live in peace

Mientras más estoy en tú mundo, menos puedo estar en el de él

Sai, dove è scritto che per tutto c'è il suo tempo, c'è il suo momento per ogni cosa sotto il cielo. Un tempo per piangere e un tempo per ridere, un tempo per amare e un tempo per odiare, un tempo per cercare e un tempo per perdere" S'interruppe."Fidati, Charlie. La Bibbia per ogni si sbaglia. Nella vita di un uomo non c'è tempo per ogni cosa. Non c'è una stagione per ogni attività."( Ho sognato di te )

And if you've ever wondered what happens when a person close to you is taken too soon-and it's always too soon-you may find other truths here, truths that may break the grip of sadness in your life, that may set you free from guilt, that may even bring you back to this world from wherever you are hiding. And then you will never fell alone

These were her rituals, the rutines that made her feel alive and connected. Without them, where would she be? Lost

We chase wild dreams and long for all that eludes us, when the greatest joys are within our grasp, if we can only recognize them.

Sam writes in her funny, fascinating memoir, Not By Accident.

I figured out that letting 'the world' hurt me served a few functions extremely well: It provided me with a kind of nurturing I didn't otherwise know how to attract, I couldn't be pinned with total responsibility, and it provided physical pain, a reason to cry that others could understand. So much easier than trying to explain all the accumulated rage and numbness and sadness.

My definition of survivor encompasses people going through difficult times and also the friends and family who stand beside them. In the cancer community, they're called cosurvivors or secondary patients.

But at the bottom," he writes in his powerful memoir Den of Lions, "in surrender so complete there is no coherent thought, no real pain, no feeling, just exhaustion, just waiting, there is something else. Warmth/light/softness. Acceptance, by me, of me. Rest. After a while, some strength. Enough, for now.

The third rule underscores the Japanese proverb that adversity makes a jewel of you.

When you can't fight or flee," she says, "you flow.

They even come equipped with a built-in antibiotic called squalamine that helps them resist infections.

S'interruppe.<> ( Ho sognato di te )

Life is for living.

sit within five rows of an exit. Memorize an escape plan. And perhaps most important of all: try to relax.

My patients are people who live on the edge of survival and beyond," he writes in his excellent book Surviving the Extremes.

The full flowering of human resilience is awesome," he says. Every human being is born with the strength to heal. No amount of violence or torture can destroy that capacity. No barbarism or savagery can crush the ability to recover and rebuild. "Even in the most hopeless human being," he tells me, "there is hope.