“The darkness of death is like the evening twilight; it makes all objects appear more lovely to the dying.” - Jean Paul Poets and Storytelle...

“How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was...

“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadne...

“Smoking is related to practically every terrible thing that can happen to you.” - Loni Anderson This week, Poets United is celebrat...

“Because I remember, I despair. Because I remember, I have the duty to reject despair.” - Elie Wiesel   The theme for this Midweek M...

“Those with dementia are still people and they still have stories and they still have character and they're all individuals and they...

“Don’t send me flowers when I’m dead. If you like me, send them while I’m alive.” - Brian Clough All Souls Day on November 2nd is a ho...

“A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually w...

“Love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own.” - H. Jackson Brown, Jr For Movie Monday, a beautiful p...

“People don’t notice whether it’s winter or summer when they’re happy.” - Anton Chekhov And what Mr Chekhov implies is that the seasons...

“Those who have the strength and the love to sit with a dying patient in the silence that goes beyond words will know that this moment is...

“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all sh...

“My witness is the empty sky.” - Jack Kerouac For this week’s theme in Poets United , we are exploring the concepts of “Martyrdom/Witne...

“Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.” - Noam Chomsky Poets United this week has as its theme, “Let your song be delicate”. Here is m...

“Japan learned from the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that the tragedy wrought by nuclear weapons must never be repeated and that hu...

“I am a part of everything that I have read.” John Kieran I have been rather busy these last few days and have had to revise my daily s...