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*Some Quotes*

"Stay right here, 'cause these are the good old days."

~Carly Simon, "Anticipation"

"Wherever you are, be there."

“The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea.”

~Isak Dinesen

"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away."

~Joy J. Golliver

"If you compare yourself with others,

you may become vain and bitter;

for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

...

Take kindly the counsel of the years,

gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.

Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.

Beyond a wholesome discipline,

be gentle with yourself."

~Max Ehrmann, "Desiderata"

"On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty."

~Mahatma Gandhi

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

~Pablo Picasso

"Life's tough. Get a helmet."

~Boy Meets World

"Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age. Humor has a tremendous place in this sordid world. It's more than just a matter of laughing. If you can see things out of whack, then you can see how things can be in whack."

~Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel)

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

~Dr. Seuss

"She is too fond of books, and it has addled her brain."

~Louisa May Alcott

"At every moment of our lives we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss."

~Paulo Coelho (Eleven Minutes)

"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step."

~Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty."

~Thomas Jefferson

“All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renewed shall be blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.”

~J.R.R. Tolkien

"Now let the music keep our spirits high

And let the buildings keep our children dry

Let creation reveal its secrets by and by

By and by--"

~Jackson Browne, "Before the Deluge"

"People watch too much TV. Whatever happened to real life?"

~my dad

"Most things I worry about never happen anyway."

~Tom Petty, "Crawling Back To You"

"Sparkle plenty!"

~Betty Santley, my grandma <3

***My great-grandmother: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_Sawy…

"I'm in favor of the two-party system, as long as I'm invited to both."

~John Jay Daly, Jr., my grandpa <3

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."

~Harper Lee (To Kill A Mockingbird)

"You get what you give."

"He not busy being born is busy dying"

~Bob Dylan, "It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)"

" 'Fools,' said I, 'you do not know/Silence like a cancer grows/Hear my words that I might teach you/Take my arms that I might reach you.' But my words like silent raindrops fell/ And echoed in the wells of silence."

~Paul Simon, "The Sound of Silence"

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

~Ferris Bueller

"I say, if your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life."

~Calvin, a.k.a. Bill Watterson

"The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well."

~Joe Ancis (comedian)

"Everybody's just waiting to hear from the one

Who can give them the answers

And lead them back to that place in the warmth of the sun

Where sweet childhood still dances

Who'll come along

And hold out that strong but gentle father's hand?

Long ago I heard someone say something 'bout Everyman"

~Jackson Browne, "For Everyman"

"Don't become a monster in order to defeat a monster."

~Bono

"If we weren't all crazy, we would go insane."

~Jimmy Buffett, "Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes"

Favourite genre of music: classic rock, folk rolk, indie, reggae, hip hop, r&b, pop

Favourite style of art: doodles

Favourite cartoon character: Dory (Finding Nemo), Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)

Personal Quote: "And in the end, remember it's with you you have to live." ~Graham Nash