“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” J.R.R. Tolkien

“Don’t grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.” Rumi

“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’” Isaac Asimov

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.” Dr. Seuss

“When people don’t express themselves, they die one piece at a time.”
Laurie Halse Anderson

“Unbeing dead isn’t being alive.”
E.E. Cummings

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”
Mitch Albom

“For a while” is a phrase whose length can’t be measured.At least by the person who’s waiting.”
Haruki Murakami

“I’ve learned that waiting is the most difficult bit, and I want to get used to the feeling, knowing that you’re with me, even when you’re not by my side.”
Paulo Coelho

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
Mahatma Gandhi