Ellaine Extracts

“old poem by Spencer Michael Free with thunderous passion: ’Tis the human touch in this world that counts, The touch of your hand and mine, Which means far more to the fainting heart Than shelter and bread and wine. For shelter is gone when the night is o’er, And bread lasts only a day. But the touch of the hand and the sound of the voice Sing on in the soul always.”
― Robin S. Sharma, The 5AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.

“When you want them to die, they never do.”
― Nora Ephron, Heartburn

“Parenting meant that whether or not your children understood you, your obligation was to understand them; understanding was the key to everything. If your children believed you understood them, or at least tried to understand them, they wouldn’t hate you when they became adolescents; what’s more, they would grow up to be happy, well-adjusted adults who would never have to squander their money (or, far more likely, yours) on psychoanalysis or whatever fashion in self-improvement had come along to take its place.”
― Nora Ephron, I Feel Bad About My Neck

“All beginnings are intrinsically happy.”
― Nora Ephron, Heartburn