May

“You’re only given a little spark of madness.  You mustn’t lose it.”

Robin Williams (b. July 21, 1951 – d. August 11, 2014)

April

“Spring will come and so will happiness.  Hold on.  Life will get warmer.”

— Anita Krizzan (b. January 26, 1966)

Spring

“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold, when it is summer in the light and winter in the shade.”

– Charles Dickens (b. February 7, 1812 – d. June 9, 1870)

J. R. R. Tolkien

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.

“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times.  But that is not for them to decide.  All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

―J.R.R. Tolkien (b. Jan. 3, 1892 – d. Sept. 2, 1973), The Fellowship of the Ring

Joyce Carol Oates

“It’s where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we really are.”

~ Joyce Carol Oates (b. June 16, 1938)

Joan Didion

“Do not whine… Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.”

Joan Didion (b. December 5, 1934 – d. December 23, 2021)

Happy New Year!

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.”

~T.S. Eliot (b. September 26, 1888 – d. January 4, 1965)