"Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts." -- Margaret Lee Runbeck, Answer Without Ceasing
"Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion, and style." -- Maya Angelou
"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead." -- Louisa May Alcott
"I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel." -- Elizabeth Arden
"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I lived just the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well." -- Diane Ackerman
"Everyone has a gift for something, even if it is the gift of being a good friend." -- Marian Anderson
"In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by." -- Lucille Ball
"A woman is like a teabag. She only knows her strength when put in hot water." -- Nancy Reagan
"Plant a seed of friendship; reap a bouquet of happiness." -- Lois L. Kaufman
