Good-bye, proud world, I’m going home:
Thou art not my friend, and I’m not thine.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Friend of my many years!
When the great silence falls, at last, on me,
Let me not leave, to pain and sadden thee - a memory of tears,
But pleasant thoughts alone.

John Greenleaf Whittier

Do not stand at my grave and weep,
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am in a thousand winds that blow,
I am the softly falling snow.
I am the gentle showers of rain,
I am the fields of ripening grain.
I am in the morning hush,
I am in the graceful rush
Of beautiful birds in circling flight,
I am the starshine of the night.
I am in the flowers that bloom,
I am in a quiet room.
I am in the birds that sing,
I am in each lovely thing.
Do not stand at my grave and cry,
I am not there. I do not die.

Mary Elizabeth Frye

May you have warmth in your igloo, oil in your lamp, and peace in your heart

Eskimo proverb

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they’re right if you love to be with them all of the time.

Julia Child

Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.

Johann von Goethe