“Grief is depression in proportion to circumstance; depression is grief out of proportion to circumstance. It is tumbleweed distress that thrives on thin air, growing despite its detachment from the nourishing earth. It can be described only in metaphor and allegory…Grief is a humble angel who leaves you with strong, clear thoughts and a sense of your own depth. Depression is a demon who leaves you appalled.” -Andrew Solomon, The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression

“In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not faults!” -Agnes Repplier, Books and Men, “On the Benefits of Superstition” (1888)

“While we are focusing on fear, worry, or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love.” -Bo Bennett, “Year to Success”

“It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.” -W. Edwards Deming

“Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity.” -Gilda Radner