“You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can decide how you're going to live now.” ~ Joan Baez

“Life is your story to write. Make it a good one.”

“The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds and the pessimist fears this is true.” ~ James Branch Cabell

“If music be the food of love, play on.” – William Shakespeare (The Golden Words)

“Humor is also a way of saying something serious.” ~ T. S. Eliot

“I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure.” ~ Clarence Darrow