My Favorite Quotes

“So now do you see why books are hated and feared? They show the pores in the face of life. The comfortable people want only wax moon faces, poreless, hairless, expressionless. We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of growing on good rain and black loam. Even fireworks, for all their prettiness, come from the chemistry of the Earth. Yet somehow we think we can grow, feeding on flowers and fireworks, without completing the cycle back to reality.”

- Ray Bradbury (Fahrenheit 451, page 83)

“You are never alone………….except for when you are!!!”

-      Alexa Matthews

“Let thy heart rejoice”.

-      2 Nephi 9:52

“With death comes the very essence and beauty of life; without death, there cannot be life.”

-      Unknown

“There is no such thing as an ugly person. Only people who think there are.”

-      Unknown



“As long as I keep practicing, this is the worst I will ever play.”

      - Me!



"Smile until you're happy!"

     - Tori Sandholtz (did I spell that right???)

“The bud may have a bitter taste

But sweet will be the flower.”

-      William Cowper (author of God Moves in a Mysterious Way)

“If music be the food of love, play on.”

-      William Shakespeare

"The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him."

- Lamentations 3:25




“The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glorification of God and the refinement of the Spirit.”

-      Johann Sebastian Bach

“Life is not measured by how many breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.”

“People stay where they are celebrated……not tolerated.”

-      Jeff Taylor

“Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

-      Albert Einstein




"Hope is good;
for He will help
all those that wait.

When in doubt,
call out His name:
He'll hear thy voice

So turn to Him
with all thine soul
He'll give thee peace."