" Life is the flower for which love is the honey. "

— Victor Hugo

" A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. "

— Walter Winchell

" It was one January morning, very early—a pinching, frosty morning—the cove all grey with hoar-frost, the ripple lapping softly on the stones, the sun still low and only touching the hilltops and shining far to seaward. "

— Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

" The moon puts on an elegant show, different every time in shape, colour and nuance. "

— Arthur Smith

" She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling even in the dark. "

— Barbara Alpert

" praise publicly, but criticize privately. "

— A.P.J. Abdul Kalam