Cynthia Bambace

"Two arms around me, Heaven to ground me And a family that always calls me home Four wheels to get there, enough love to share And a sweet, sweet, sweet song At the end of the day, Lord, I pray I have a life that's good..." Thank you @conniebritton @CharlesEsten

"The secret, Alice, is to surround yourself with people who make your heart smile. It is then, only then, that you will find Wonderland." - Mad Hatter, Lewis Carroll

"Memories are simply moments that refuse to be ordinary." - Diane Keaton (1946-2025)

"there is something decidedly beautiful about a tender remnant of who you always were. and the beauty is in the realization that life's inherent abrasion and erosion could never wear that away." -JmStorm

"Happy New Year, my friend. Hello, sun in my face. Hello, you who made the morning and spread it over the fields... Watch now, as I start the day in happiness, in kindness." - Mary Oliver

"Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final." - Dame Maggie Smith

"The highest form of love is to be the protector of another person's solitude." - Rainer Maria Rilke

"Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it." - Unknown

"Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness." - Anne Frank

"We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at least one which makes the heart run over." - Ray Bradbury

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality." -James Baldwin

"You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae." - Paul Walker

"Good friends help you to find important things when you have lost them ... your smile, your hope, and your courage." - Doe Zantamata

"The older you get, the deeper the love you need." - Leonard Cohan

"The good news is that joy, collected over time, fuels resilience - ensuring we'll have reservoirs of emotional strength when hard things do happen." - Brene Brown

"Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could all just be a little more gentle with each other." - Judy Garland