We bereaved are not alone. We belong to the largest company in all the world – the company of those who have known suffering. Helen Keller

Maybe people have to go in and out of shadows … Maybe somebody has to explore what happens when one of us wanders over near the edge and falls for a while. Maybe it was your turn. William Stafford

We live on the dash between our birth day and our death day. Jesse Jackson

Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness? Jonathan Safran Foer

Winter will pass, the days will lengthen, the ice will melt in the pasture pond. The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again. All these sights and sounds and smells will be yours to enjoy, Wilbur–this lovely world, these precious days … E. B. White, Charlotte’s Web