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[JohnT]

“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost.”

― J.R.R. Tolkien (1892 - 1973), The Fellowship of the Ring
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer, poet, philologist, and academic, who is best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings,

[JohnT]

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”

― Mitch Albom, Tuesdays with Morrie (quoted this evening on CBS Evening News by Norah O'Donnell)
Mitch Albom (born 1958) is an American author, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, radio and television broadcaster. His books have sold over 39 million copies. Albom also directs the Have Faith Haiti Mission, a project whose stated objective is "dedicated to the safety, education, health and spiritual development of Haiti’s impoverished children and orphans".

[Teri]

Good morning starshine, the earth says hello... ~Rado, Ragni, & MacDermot

[JohnT]

[JohnT]

“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”

― Robert Louis Stevenson (born 1850 - died 1994)
He was a Scottish novelist and travel writer, most noted for Treasure Island, Kidnapped and more.

[Teri]

Death has a curious way of reshuffling one's priorities. ~Elliott & Rossio

[JohnT]

“Why is it that there are always these problems and misunderstandings between men and women? Surely it would have been better if God had made only one sort of person, and the children had come by some other means, with the rain perhaps.”

― Alexander McCall Smith, The Kalahari Typing School for Men (Book #4 in Series)
He is a British-Scottish-Zimbabwean writer and professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh (born 1948). He is most widely known as the creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series.

[Teri]

The richness of the rain made me feel safe and protected... ~Douglas Coupland

[Teri]

Leaves are falling and the garden is mostly asleep, and the house smells like pumpkin and apple everything. ~Betsy Cañas Garmon

[JohnT]

It is almost a definition of a gentleman to say that he is one who never inflicts pain.

-- John Henry Newman (1801 - 1890)
John Henry Newman was an English theologian and poet, first an Anglican priest and later a Roman Catholic priest and cardinal, who was an important and controversial figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century.

[Teri]

But fame is theirs - and future days
On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise;
Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead -
"These for their country fought and bled."
~Philip Freneau

With thanks to all who served!!

[Teri]

If you wish to live and thrive, let the spider run alive. ~English Proverb

(I have no idea what that means!)

[JohnT]

Be sure that you first preach by the way you live. If you do not, people will notice that you say one thing but live otherwise.

- Charles Borromeo (1538 - 1584)
Charles Borromeo was a cardinal/archbishop of Milan at the time of the Reformation, honored as a saint in November.

[Teri]

Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie-detector. ~Graham Greene

[Teri]

A library card is good to have, you can never have too much ID. ~Stephen King