“Rather than turning over a new leaf, prune your tree so that new leaves continue to blossom.” ~ Feroz Bham

“Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out for a time, but it ain't going away.” ~ Elvis Presley

“There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.” ~ Lin Yutang, The Importance of Living

“A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where you can go and find the rarest kind of joy.” ~ Astrid Lindgren

“Hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your soul & spirit fly, into the mystic...” ~ Van Morrison

“Never confuse movement with action.” ~ Ernest Hemingway

“Mine is the sultry sunset when the skies
Tremble with strange, intolerable thunder:
And at the dead of an hushed night, these eyes
Draw down the soaring oracles winged with wonder” ~ Lionel Pigot Johnson

“She wanted none of those days to end, and it was always with disappointment that she watched the darkness stride forward. ” ~ Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“The chief enemy of creativity is good sense.” ~ Pablo Picasso

“There is another alphabet, whispering from every leaf, singing from every river, shimmering from every sky.” ~ Dejan Stojanovic

“Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to.” ~ Lao Tzu

"Before we can break down the borders of the world around us we must break down the barriers of the world within us." ~ JKH, Timeless Pictures

“I am longing to be with you, and by the sea, where we can talk together freely and build our castles in the air.” ~ Bram Stoker, Dracula