Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
-Eleanor Roosevelt

A new years message (although a little late)

May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks your wonderful , and don't forget to make some art- write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can and I hope, somewhere in the next year you surprise yourself.

-Neil Gaiman

"You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness
But still, like air, I'll rise"
-Maya Angelou