" Whatever you are, be a good one. "

— Abraham Lincoln

" Friends come and go like the waves of the ocean, but the true ones stay, like an octopus on your face. "

— Unknown

" The earth laughs in flowers. "

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

" Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. "

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

" Goodbyes are not easy, but part of the journey we all must take. "

— Unknown

" A sister can be seen as someone who is both ourselves and very much not ourselves—a special kind of double. "

— Toni Morrison