" Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. "

— Thomas A. Edison

" Lord help the mister who comes between me and my sister, and lord help the sister who comes between me and my man. "

— Irving Berlin

" It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will. "

— L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

" Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it "

— Benjamin Franklin

" So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you. "

— Paulo Coelho

" Friends make you smile — best friends make you giggle ‘til you pee your pants. "

— Terri Guillemets