.:Quotables:.

1. “Eyes are the gateways to the soul.” ~Unknown
2. “In my garden there is a large place for sentiment.  My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams.  The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful.”  ~Abram L. Urban
3. “Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.” ~Thornton Wilder
   {Marie Spartali Stillman’s Replica of “Beata Beatrix,” c. 1900-10}

4. “Keep your faith in beautiful things; in the sun when it is hidden, in the Spring when it is gone.” ~ Roy R. Gibson
5. “Breast and bosoms I have known Of varied shapes and sizes From poignant disappointments To jubilant surprises” ~Waldo Pierce
6. “When I awoke, I’d find the ladybugs walking all over me. Lots and lots of ladybugs…” ~ Under the Tuscan Sun
7. “Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” ~Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893 – 1986), in Irving Good, The Scientist Speculates (1962)
8. “I think we can all look forward to the time when these three theories are given equal time in our science classrooms across the country, and eventually the world; One third time for Intelligent Design, one third time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, and one third time for logical conjecture based on overwhelming observable evidence.” ~Bobby Henderson
9. “May the love hidden deep inside your heart find the love waiting in your dreams. May the laughter that you find in your tomorrow wipe away the pain you find in your yesterdays.” ~ Uknown 
10. “Friendship is the golden thread that ties all hearts together.” ~Unknown
11. “The decision to kiss for the first time is the most crucial in any love story. It changes the relationship of two people much more strongly than even the final surrender; because this kiss already has within it that surrender.” ~Emil Ludwig
12. {Love Potion by Evelyn de Morgan circa 1903}
    “There is but one genuiine love-potion – consideration.” ~Menander of Athens 
13. {Gay Kiss by Raphael Perez}
    “Who would give a law to lovers?  Love is unto itself a higher law.”  ~Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, A.D. 524.