Amber Bales

“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Walden: Or, Life in the Woods

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln

“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”
― E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web