I was never really insane except upon occasions when my heart was touched. ― Edgar Allan Poe

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A thousand Dreams within me softly burn: From time to time my heart is like some oak Whose blood runs golden where a branch is torn.

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We had a relationship that lasted 44 years. Herbert and I lived together 10 years before we were married. He always gave me a little heart for whatever anniversary.

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Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor. – Rumi

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It’s a wonderful thing to be optimistic. It keeps you healthy and it keeps you resilient. - Daniel Kahneman

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Never affirm, always allude: allusions are made to test the spirit and probe the heart.

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if you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.

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Look for something positive in every day, even if some days you have to look a little harder. – Unknown

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Moral wounds have this peculiarity - they may be hidden, but they never close; always painful, always ready to bleed when touched, they remain fresh and open in the heart.

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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. - J. Paul Getty

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