The only lightless dark is the night of ingnorance and insensibility. - Helen Keller

I was rather unwilling to study Latin grammar. It seemed absurd to waste time analyzing, every word I came across — noun, genitive, singular, feminine — when its meaning was quite plain. I thought I might just as well describe my pet in order to know it — order, vertebrate; division, quadruped; class, mammalia; genus, felinus; species, cat; individual, Tabby.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

My fingers are tickled to delight by the soft ripple of a baby's laugh...