A best friend not only hears, but listens.
A best friend finds you when you're lost,
and helps you forget the cold dark night into which you ran.
A best friend fashions smiles from tears
and builds hope with no need of a foundation.
A best friend's advice inspires,
or makes a point by keeping still while just keeping company.
A best friend knows your heart and warms it.
A best friend defends you when others put you down.
A best friend knows your flaws, yet loves you anyway. 
A best friend is gentle, yet leads with a hand that's strong.
Share your dreams with your best friend and watch them grow. 
Best friends are for life. 
Best friends are forever. 
Forever and ever, Amen. 
++Larry A. Naessens++

    It's a perfect time of year. Somewhere far away from here. ++Barenaked Ladies, lyrics from "Pinch Me"++

Every new beginning comes
from some other beginning's end.
++Semi Sonic++

The way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.
+Rafiki to Simba in Disney's The Lion King+

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
+Walt Disney+

Let your heart guide you.
It whispers, so listen closely.
+The Land Before Time+

Nature made us individuals, 
as she did the flowers and the pebbles; 
but we are afraid to be peculiar,
and so our society resembles a bag of marbles, 
or a string of mould candles. 
Why should we all dress after the same fashion; 
The frost never paints my windows twice alike.
 ++Lydia Maria Child++

People are like stained-glass windows. 
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, 
but when the darkness sets in, 
their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
+Elizabeth Kübler-Ross+

Hey Jude, don't make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.
+John Lennon/Paul McCartney+

Life is about not knowing, having to change,
taking the moment and making the best of it,
without knowing what's going to happen next. 
Delicious ambiguity.
+Gilda Radner+

The best and most beautiful things in the world
cannot be seen or even touched.
They must be felt with the heart.
+Helen Keller+

Shoot for the moon.
Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
+Les Brown+

Everyone needs recognition for his accomplishments, 
but few people make the need known quite as clearly 
as the little boy who said to his father: 
"Let's play darts. I'll throw and you say 'Wonderful!'" 
+The Best of Bits and Pieces+

And life is what we make it. Always has been, always will be.
+Grandma Moses+

If you were going to die soon 
and had only one phone call you could make, 
who would you call and what would you say? 
And why are you waiting?
+Stephen Levine+