" "If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all. "

— Michelangelo

" Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk. "

— Susan Scarf Merrell

" Where flowers bloom so does hope. "

— Lady Bird Johnson

" People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. "

— Maya Angelou

" Loneliness is about the scariest thing there is. "

— Unknown

" A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities. "

— Herman Melville