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Posted on August 25, 2022

“Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”—James Baldwin, American writer, 1924-1987

Posted on August 14, 2022August 14, 2022

“You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever.”—Germaine Greer, Australian feminist author, 1939-

Posted on July 28, 2022July 28, 2022

“What was silent in the father speaks in the son, and often I found in the son the unveiled secret of the father.”—Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, German philosopher, 1844-1900

Posted on April 11, 2022

“My friends are my estate.”—Emily Dickinson, American poet, 1830-1886

Posted on March 23, 2022March 23, 2022

“Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes.”—Maggie Kuhn, Gray Panthers founder, 1905-1995

Posted on March 7, 2022March 7, 2022

“There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course: a quiet conscience.”—Euripides, Greek dramatist, 481-407 BC

Posted on March 6, 2022March 6, 2022

“Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.”—Susan Ertz, Anglo-American novelist, 1894-1985

Posted on March 5, 2022March 5, 2022

“No one is able to flee from death or love.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

Posted on March 4, 2022

“Because in the end, you won’t remember the time you spent working in the office or mowing your lawn. Climb that g_____mn mountain.”—Jack Kerouac, American novelist & poet, 1922-1969

Posted on February 24, 2022February 23, 2022

“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.”—Oscar Wilde, Irish poet & playwright, 1854-1900

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