" I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying. "

— Oscar Wilde

" "If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of payments." "

— Earl Wilson

" 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 the mother of truth. "

— Benjamin Disraeli

" What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, and hope for the future. "

— Agnes M. Pahro

" The whole earth was brimming sunshine that morning. She tripped along, the clear sky pouring liquid blue into her soul. "

— Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser