Photo:Greg Griffin

"September fattens on vines.

Roses flake from the walls.

The smoke of harmless fires drifts to my eyes.

This is plenty. This is more than enough." -Geoffrey Hill

"Use the talents you possess...for the woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except for the best." -Henry VanDyke

"Love is a fruit in season at all times, and within the reach of every hand." -Mother Teresa

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.' -Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier." -Kathleen Norris

"Love is like the wild rose-briar;

Friendship like the holly tree.

The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms,

But which will bloom most constantly?" -Emily Bronte

"At times the world can seem an unfriendly and sinister place. But believe us when we say there is much more good in it than bad. All you have to do is look hard enough. And what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may, in fact, be the first steps of a journey." - Lemony Snickett

"Alice laughed. "There's no use in trying," she said. "One can't believe in impossible things!"

"I daresay you haven't had much practice," said the Queen. "When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!" -Lewis Carroll

"Teach us to delight in the simple things." -Rudyard Kipling