Quote of the Day

"It is useless for me to describe to you how terrible Violet, Klaus, and even Sunny felt in the time that followed. If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels, and if you haven't, you cannot possibly imagine it."

- Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning

Quote of the Day

"We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, 'Blessed are they that mourn,' and I accept it. I've got nothing that I hadn't bargained for. Of course it is different when the thing happens to oneself, not to others, and in reality, not imagination."
- C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

Quote of the Day

"Grief can be a burden, but also an anchor. You get used to the weight, how it holds you in place."
- Sarah Dessen, The Truth About Forever

Quote of the Day

"Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace."
- Eugene O'Neill

Quote of the Day

"Clutter is not just physical stuff. It's old ideas, toxic relationships and bad habits. Clutter is anything that does not support your better self."
- Eleanor Brownn

Quote of the Day

"This road never looked so lonely
This house doesn't burn down slowly
To ashes, to ashes"
- Imagine Dragons, "It's Time"

Quote of the Day

"When we agreed to go apple picking together, we made a tacit agreement to take flattering fall photos of each other."
- AE

Quote of the Day

"We all have our stories, some are sad to remember
Some are maddening reminders of who we once were before"
- Girlyman, "St. Augustine"

Quote of the Day

"The library assistant, who was helpful and diligent, bordering on liturgical, handed me the first volume, then the third, wincing that the second volume 'burned up in a fire.' Which happened nearly two hundred years ago, but this true-blue young archivist is still in mourning."
- Sarah Vowell, The Wordy Shipmates

Quote of the Day

"I am at home among the trees."
- J.R.R. Tolkien

Quote of the Day

"'What about the God?' I asked. 'You can't see him.'
Joshua stopped halfway down the hill and held his arms out to the shining, aquamarine sea. 'You can't?'"
- Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

Quote of the Day

"And I will be right next you
Engine drivers headed north to Pleasant Street
Keep me in your heart for a while
These wheels keep turning but they're running out of steam"
- Warren Zevon, "Keep Me in Your Heart"

Quote of the Day

"To be given a name is an act of intimacy as powerful as any act of love...To name is to love. To be named is to be loved."
- Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water

Quote of the Day

"One last word of farewell, Dear Master and Mistress. Whenever you visit my grave, say to yourselves with regret but also with happiness in your hearts at the remembrance of my long happy life with you: 'Here lies one who loved us and whom we loved.' No matter how deep my sleep I shall hear you, and not all the power of death can keep my spirit from wagging a grateful tail."
- Eugene O'Neill

Quote of the Day

"Live in such a way that if your children are ever asked for the definitions of kindness, integrity, and loyalty, they’ll answer 'my parents.'"
- Ali B. Moe