Quote #18:

Outside of writing for purely personal reasons,
the serendipity affect is to touch the hearts and minds of the reader.
This is that which reaffirms the faith in the writer's soul.

Quote #17:

Changing oneself is only difficult if there is resistance in the mind, you can overcome the resistance if the desire to change is great enough.
Which still doesn't mean it will be any easier.

Quote #19

Embrace hope carefully, for it is like the rose, beautiful, but with it's painful thorns, both must be handled carefully;

Hope can keep you going through life,
and hope can utterly destroy you.

Quote #20

Sometimes you can't wait for things to happen,
sometimes you have to make them happen.

OR

There is a time to wait for things to happen and a there is a time to make things happen: one must have the wisdom to know the difference.