Douglas

“You know what I think prolongs life?" Harry has said. "Art and Music. Beyond that, it is to have a heart full of love, That is the most important thing".”
― Neenah Ellis, If I Live to Be 100: Lessons from the Centenarians

“There is a terrible poignancy in this room of gratifications deferred".”
― Joyce Johnson, Minor Characters: A Beat Memoir

“Because while a book, a painting, a song, a piece of pottery, a tree can outlive us, none of those things will exist forever. But love is an energy. It's infinite.”
― Tiffanie DeBartolo, Sorrow

“Work went on monotonously, and our constant hunger was wrenching. Rice powder and bran, which I sometimes roasted in an attempt to give it some flavor, had torn my insides to shreds. One morning I didn't have the strength to get up, and no one came to see what had happened to me. Everyone was so used to having people just disappear.”
― Molyda Szymusiak