"It is a sad thing to want for happiness, but it is a terrible thing to see another groping about blindly for it, when it is almost within the grasp."
— Theodore Dreiser

"Remember, love is all a woman has to give, but it is the only thing which God permits us to carry beyond the grave."
— Theodore Dreiser (A Sister Carrie Portfolio)

"Phillipians 4:13 for Pete's sake!"
— Jan Karon (A New Song)

"Everyone should be able to do one card trick, tell two jokes, and recite three poems, in case they are ever trapped in an elevator."
— Lemony Snicket (Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid)

""There are random moments - tossing a salad, coming up the driveway to the house, ironing the seams flat on a quilt square, standing at the kitchen window and looking out at the delphiniums, hearing a burst of laughter from one of my children's rooms - when I feel a wavelike rush of joy. This is my true religion: arbitrary moments of of nearly painful happiness for a life I feel privileged to lead.

-The Art of Mending"


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— Elizabeth Berg