Henry David Thoreau Writer, Philosopher “The change from storm and winter to serene and mild weather, from dark and sluggish hours to bright and elastic ones, is a memorable crisis which all things proclaim. It is seemingly instantaneous at last.” Spring Winter Memorable ♥ 3
JA John Adams Founding Father, Politician “My best wishes, in the joys, and festivities, and the solemn services of that day on which will be completed the fiftieth year from its birth, the independence of the United States. A remarkable epoch in the annals of the human race, destined in future history to form the brightest or the blackest page, according to the use or the abuse of those political institutions by which they shall, in time to come, be shaped by the human mind.” Years Race Memorable ♥ 3
JB John Burnham Schwartz Author “Anyone who loved Tuesdays with Morrie should delight in reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Mitch Albom has populated his larger-than-life tale with memorable characters and filled it with the abundant warmth and wisdom that we've come to expect from this gifted storyteller.” Character Reading Memorable ♥ 3
Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil Rights Leader “Everybody has the blues. Everybody longs for meaning. Everybody needs to love and be loved. Everybody needs to clap hands and be happy. Everybody longs for faith. In music, especially this broad category called jazz, there is a stepping-stone to all of these.” Needs Hands Memorable ♥ 3
Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist “It strikes me as gruesome and comical that in our culture we have an expectation that man can always solve his problems ... This is so untrue that it makes me want to cry-or laugh.” Men Laughing Memorable ♥ 3
Kurt Vonnegut Novelist, Satirist “I think it can be tremendously refreshing if a creator of literature has something on his mind other than the history of literature so far. Literature should not disappear up its own asshole, so to speak.” Thinking Mind Memorable ♥ 3
MS May Sarton Poet “Women are at last becoming persons first and wives second, and that is as it should be.” Women Wife Memorable ♥ 3
