Henry James

Art should feel like this stay-up-all-night, abandon thoughts of all else, crazy passionate thing.

"We work in the dark/
We do what we can/
We give what we have/
Our doubt is our passion/
And our passion is our task/
The rest is the madness of art."

-Henry James

Bruce Barton

"Sometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things."

-Bruce Barton

Henry James

I would love to be described this way:

"She was a woman who, between courses, could be graceful with her elbows on the table."

-Henry James

Treme

It may just be the tagline for a tv series that I saw on the side of a telephone booth, but I thought it was beautiful and hopeful.

"Wrap your troubles in dreams."

-Tagline from Treme poster promoting 4/24/11 season premiere

Washington Irving

I've been a little emotional lately and this reminds me that it's ok to feel like that - crying is not just the habit of a silly girl.

"There is a sacredness in tears.  They are not the mark of weakness, but of power.  They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues.  They are messengers of overwhelming grief...and unspeakable love."

-Washington Irving