Sleep in peace, and wake in joy.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

No one dies pre-maturely. As is meant, happens naturally.

I think wow, I imagine this is what it's like to have friends.

I think it’s odd how it’s mirrored my life so much.

People prefer to believe what they want to be true.

All the Democrats do is bicker. They're not concerned about the war or the fate of the United States of America. They're desperate characters.

The voter is basically dumb and lazy. The reason I became a Democratic operative instead of a Republican was because there were more Democrats that didn’t have a clue than there were Republicans.

Fiction is a particularly effective way for strangers to connect across time and distance

I did try to win a sixth, but it was not to be.

Anne DeGrace is a gifted story teller and Far From Home contains some of her most intriguing characters. Thoroughly enjoyable.

I wish I had a nickel for every song that I've left in the bathroom, written down on a matchbox, or just totally forgotten about