The clock talked loud. I threw it away, it scared me what it talked. – Tillie Olsen, Tell Me a Riddle

Remember you must die whether you sit about moping all day long or whether on feast days you stretch out in a green field, happy with a bottle of Falernian from your innermost cellar. – Horace

Every day you are alive is a special occasion. Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God. – Mary Manin Morrissey