"The most wonderful people I have known in life are those who have forever occupied a sacred place in my heart, for they come with a love that is both flawless and eternal." —Thomas Slatin

"It is only the best advice which hurts us in the most beautiful way possible." —Thomas Slatin

"Speak languages only a few can understand." —Marie Casey

"I do not know that which I truly possess, nor its value and importance until it is gone. I don't know whom to love until after they are lost forever. And I don't know I should feel until long after the moment has passed." —Thomas Slatin

"I have saved lives.  I have held the hands of those who were dying, and helped give birth to those who were moments away from taking their first breaths.  But I have scars.  I have seen all the realities of life, and got way too caught up in what it has to offer.  My scars, forever endearing are both physical as well as emotional.  Every time I look back on my life, I often wonder if the cost was ever truly worth the risk, and through my successes, was it ever worth the reward?  It truly was, and I'd do it all again if I could." —Thomas Slatin

"I still remember being young and every time I felt as if I were in love, it felt like as if I were simply part of a juxtaposition of two lost souls side by side in orbit around a chaotic world." —Thomas Slatin

"Time is as much an equalizer as it is a corrosive, for time does its magic slow and bittersweet." —Thomas Slatin

"The soldier puts on armor before heading into battle, while the wise man puts his words upon the rocks. My struggles are all internal, and I know I'm not ready." —Thomas Slatin

"It's the little things I see that most people don't. Like the way birds fly backwards, forwards, and fall. How butterflies dance around in the air as if they're weightless, and how flowers sway organically in the wind. Perhaps I care too much, and dive too deep." —Thomas Slatin

"It is society that teaches us to focus upon the end result, the finished product, the pinacle of completion. Yet we are complacent in our ignorance of our failures, our struggles, our tears, and all the things that lead up to the realization of our end goals." —Thomas Slatin

"Nothing worthwhile has ever been accomplished using large guns and small ambitions." —Thomas Slatin

"Nothing in life just 'happens'. Opportunity and goals can only be realized through hard work, determination, love, and blessings of patience." —Thomas Slatin, Belong

"Life was so much easier when I was young. I never thought I would ever see the day when I would be forced to trade my childhood heroes for ghosts. I sometimes dream from time to time, of days long ago, straight line from the days when I was still very young." —Thomas Slatin, Belong

"Asking a child what they want to be when they grow up is very limiting, as it narrows down the possibilities to career opportunities. The better question is to ask a child who they want to be and what they dream of doing with their life." —Thomas Slatin, Belong

"Minutes of daylight, as the minutes turn into hours, is the parlance of our time. Everytime I look in the mirror, I see myself staring right back at me; a fleeting glimpse of myself going round and round on a carousel cusp of why." —Thomas Slatin, Belong