Joyce Carol Oates

“It’s where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we really are.”

~ Joyce Carol Oates (b. June 16, 1938)

Happy New Year!

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.”

~T.S. Eliot (b. September 26, 1888 – d. January 4, 1965)

“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.”

Edith Sitwell (b. 7 September 1887 – d. 9 December 1964)

“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
― Anne Frank (b. 12 June 1929 – d. February 1945, aged 15)

“Do what you feel in your heart to be right — for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.”

Eleanor Roosevelt (b. October 11, 1884 – d. November 7, 1962)

“Be yourself, it’s a tough act to follow.”

Katharine Hepburn (b. May 12, 1907 – d. June 29, 2003)