" The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. "

— Maya Angelou

" A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in—what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars. "

— Victor Hugo

" Silence is more musical than any song. "

— Christina Rossetti

" A room without books is like a body without a soul. "

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

" Fathers and daughters have a special bond. She is always daddy’s little girl. "

— Richard L. Ratliff

" It is a serious thing – just to be alive – on this fresh morning – in this broken world. "

— Mary Oliver