Never give up hope. If you do, you'll be dead already.-- Dementia Patient Rose in The Inspired Caregiver

my motheris pure radiance. she is the suni can touchand kissand holdwithout getting burnt.

She can feel her vanished talent like a phantom limb, the empty ache of its subtraction from the short list of her assets, and she knows with spiteful certainty that it is gone for good.

Loss is a knife, constantly cutting, but over time the blade dulls, and the cuts aren't as sharp. It's always there in the drawer, but you realize it doesn't cut as deeply anymore.

A book of Verses underneath the Bough A Jug of Wine a Loaf of Bread - and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness - Oh Wilderness were Paradise enow!

It really drives me banana sangwich.

I think it's really good to create pockets and events throughout the year that highlight certain things that are really popular on YouTube.

It's a vicious cycle. It's like a washing machine with the lid jammed down. -Christina Kratovac (pg 53)

A person's true wealth is the good he or she does in the world.

Jews are the most liberal, scrappy, civil-rightsy people there are.

I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I'll pay more, but it won't solve the problem.