Monthly Archives: November 2022

“Poetry, I think, intensifies the reader’s experience. If it’s a humorous facet of the story, poetry makes it more exuberant. If it’s a sad facet, poetry can make it more poignant.” ~ Vikram Seth

“When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death – that is heroism.” ~ Robert Green Ingersoll

“Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from … Continue reading →

“I have you and even if we never meet or ever see each other, we have left our thumbprints in the thick, moist clay of each other’s lives.” ~ Hugh Elliott

“The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.” … Continue reading →