Martha

“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.”
― William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

“Our doubts are traitors,
and make us lose the good we oft might win,
by fearing to attempt.”
― William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

“If,” Roland said. “An old teacher of mine used to call it the only word a thousand letters long.”
― Stephen King, Wolves of the Calla

“But every memory is turned over and over again, every word, however chance, written in the heart in the hope that memory will fulfill itself, and become flesh, and that the wanderers will find a way home, and the perished, whose lack we always feel, will step through the door finally and stroke our hair with dreaming, habitual fondness, not having meant to keep us waiting long.”
― Marilynne Robinson, Housekeeping