“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.” – (James Baldwin)
“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, Great Expectations)
“Keep your faith in beautiful things; in the sun when it is hidden, in the Spring when it is gone.” – (Roy R. Gibson)
“I heard a bird sing in the dark of December. A magical thing. And sweet to remember. We are nearer to Spring than we were in September. I heard a bird sing in the dark of December.”
― (Oliver Herford)
“The Lord’s been good to me; and so I thank The Lord!” – (lyrics from the Johnny Appleseed song)