Every Monday, we're rounding up the things, small and big, that make us stop and think. Today, we're inspired by..

"All I want is for her to live, I don't care if she injured or not. It doesn't matter, I just want her alive."
-Turkish air force Lieutenant Onur Eryasar, who saved his fiancee from Sunday's deadly earthquake.

"The mind is like a flower: it needs constant nurturing."
-Gary M., New York Public Library patron.

"I think each person has to find their own sort of way and journey."
-Keris Myrick, on learning how to live with schizophrenia.

"Isn't that what mothers do? They are supposed to protect their children from the pains of their lives."
-Liberian peace activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee on her family's surprise at the events detailed in her book.