To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age. – Amos Bronson Alcott Category: Age
Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age. – Walter Savage Landor Category: Age
The greatest writers of this age… are aware of the mystery of our existence. – J. B. Priestley Category: Age
Back in the 1960s, I saw Peter, Paul and Mary. I was at that age, about 14, and I was mesmerized. – Lucinda Williams Category: Age
Everybody should be quiet near a little stream and listen – Ruth Krauss (1901–1993), Open House for Butterflies, 1960 Category: Silence
Women are aristocrats, and it is always the mother who makes us feel that we belong to the better sort. – John Lancaster Spalding Category: Mothers
If the pull of the outside world is strong, there is also a pull towards the human. The cat may disappear on its own errands, but sooner or later, it returns once again for a little while, to greet us with its own type of love. – Lloyd Alexander Category: Cats
