Just stories. You and me, everybody, we’re a set of stories, and what those stories are is what makes us what we are. - Charles de Lint

Beauty isn't what you see on TV or in magazine ads or even necessarily in art galleries. It's a lot deeper and a lot simpler than that. It's realizing the goodness of things, it's leaving the world a little better than it was before you got here. It's appreciating the inspiration of the world around you and trying to inspire others.

There's more to life than just surviving . . . but . . . sometimes just surviving is all you get

Our time’s the most precious thing we’ve got to offer folks, and the worst thing a body can do is to take it away from us.