Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are. -Saint Augustine

 I love the smell of roses

Along about in June;
And I'd hang around and listen
To almost any tune;
But the fragrance and the music
That nothin' else has got
Are the odor and the simmer
Of the old coffee pot.
~John W. Fellows

DOG: A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow or surplus of the world’s worship. —Ambrose Bierce (This might well apply to cats)

 

“Rain, hold me in your glassy arms—cover me in wet kisses” ― John J. Geddes

 “One of my favorite pastimes is walking through Untermyer Park on a warm summer day with my camera when the flowers in the walled garden are in full bloom and the water in the moats are running with dozens of koi swimming around.”

― Jason Medina, The Manhattanville Incident: An Undead Novel

I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. - Samuel Johnson

 The love of the soul does not end, the language of the soul does not err, the memory of the soul does not forget, the strength of the soul is indomitable, the beauty of the soul is indescribable, and the reproach of the soul is unbearable.

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