What else is there to write about than love and loss?

My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage." - Aunt Frances

Others said May was best, that sweet green time when lilacs bloomed and gardens along Main Street were filled with sugary pink peonies and Dutch tulips.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

Be careful what you wish for. I know that for a fact. Wishes are brutal, unforgiving things. They burn your tongue the moment they're spoken and you can never take them back.

I wonder how a lioness will manage in a dovecote. Can you put away your teeth and claws?

The weak are cruel. The strong have no need to be.

Once you know some things, you can't unknow them. It's a burden that can never be given away.

This was what it meant to be human, to know that time moved and all things changed.

No one knows you like a person with whom you've shared a childhood. No one will ever understand you in quite the same way.

The evening had turned sweet and blue.

Dig deep and empower yourself today. Stand in your inner strength. Be uniquely you.

It requires the feminine temperament to repeat the same thing three times with unabated zest.

ASSERT -Always Stand Strong, Evoking Respect Tacitly

Women and elephants never forget an injury.

I like art history and art criticism. Leo Steinberg has always been my favorite. Hes very original, very accurate and acute.

If you want data to survive, carve it in rock.

I'm a dad now and whatever I'm doing in life I usually put a lot of effort into it - usually too much effort, so it kind of comes off ridiculous at times.

I don't want them to believe me, I just want them to think.

Character is ethical and moral strength. People of good character have the moral awareness and strength to know the good, love the good and do the good.

Those called to the service of governance in the church need to have a strong sense of justice, so that any form of injustice becomes unacceptable.