Laura

“I clearly saw the skeleton underneath
all this show of personality
what is left of a man
and all his pride but bones?”
― Jack Kerouac, Scattered Poems

“He thought about himself and to the young that always brings sadness.”
― Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio

“I have a feeling,’ he said, ‘I have a feeling that we were meant to be together. That we have fought the good fight, side by side, in the past or in the future, I do not know. I am a rational man, but I have learned the value of a good companion, and from the moment I clapped eyes on you, I knew I trusted you as well as I do myself. Yes, I want you with me.”
― Neil Gaiman, A Study in Emerald

“Before you act, listen.
Before you react, think.
Before you spend, earn.
Before you criticize, wait.
Before you pray, forgive.
Before you quit, try.”
― William Arthur Ward