"A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor's book."  --Irish Proverb

"Our eyes met in silence - no words were necessary. Indeed, none would suffice to express our anticipation. Watching, waiting in silence, exchanging knowing glances......and then, finally, as if in a dream....... the coffee was ready!!” –Sara

"Once again, Mandie is the savior....of my phone." *disappointed look from me* "Well, not of the WORLD! You aren't Jesus!" --Marty

Sometimes all it takes is for someone with the right kind of phone (and thus, charger) to be in the room to warrant a 'you just saved my day' comment. Besides the bonus that I get free texting with anyone who has verizon, another upside is that most verizon phones have the same charger. This past Saturday I saved the day for Marty's phone by loaning him my charger (which, though we don't have the same phone, works because they are both verizon). I am usually one that slightly over exaggerates for effect--Marty, however, can be brutally honest; thus, in this case, destroying my god-complex. Which was probably good for me. 

"Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character." --Goethe

"Our heart is a Dixie Cup and God's grace is Niagara. We simply can't contain it all." --Max Lucado

"Tell me does she look at you the way I do? Try to understand the words you say and the way you move...does she get the same big rush when you go in for a hug and your cheeks brush?" --lyrics from 'Blame it on the Rain' by He is We

"A painter paints pictures on canvas.  But musicians paint their pictures on silence."  --Leopold Stokowski

"Look with Edison at his deafness, with Milton at his blindness, with Bunyan at his imprisonment, and see how patience converted these very misfortunes into good fortunes.

Michaelangelo went to Rome to carve statues, and found that other artists had taken over all the Carrara marble--all but one crooked and misshapen piece. He sat down before this and studied with infinite patience its very limitations, until he found that by bending the head of a statue here, and lifting its arms there, he could create a masterpiece: thus, The Boy David was produced.

Let us sit down in front of our very .limitations, and with the aid of patience dare to produce, with God's help, a masterpiece!" --Springs in the Valley

“A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.” –Donna Roberts

“I feel like I just found out my favorite love song was written about a sandwich.” –Jane ('27 Dresses')

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." -- Albert Einstein

"When meeting people from a foreign culture, offer a few gifts that reflect your interests as a gesture of friendship. Better yet, give things you've created yourself. Also, explore thier interests and their culture. Ultimately, the best way to forge a lasting friendship is to create something together. Whether it's a meal, an art project or a spontaneous dance party, when you create something with others, you build a connection that lasts a lifetime." --the International Diplomacy Guide

"To be broken at all implies something was once whole."

"You may not be her first, her last, or her only. She's loved before she may love again. But if she loves you now, what else matters? She's not perfect, you aren't either & the two of you may never be perfect together. But if she can make you laugh, cause you to think twice, and admit to being human and making mistakes, hold onto her and give her the most you can. She may not be thinking of you every second of the day, but she will give you a part of her that she knows you can break: her heart. So don't hurt her, don't change her, don't analyze and don't expect more than she can give. Smile when she makes you happy, let her know when she makes you mad, and miss her when she's not there." — Bob Marley

"For some people, love doesn't exist until you acknowledge it in front of other people." --Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day everyone--also known as Singles' Awareness Day.

"Women. You can't live with them, you can't leave them in the basement and throw food at them." --PVD

"People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words. With me, it is exactly the opposite, and not only with regard to an entire speech but also with individual words. These too seem to me so ambiguous, so vague, so easily misunderstood in comparison to genuine music, which fills the soul with a thousand things better than words." 

--Felix Mendelssohn

Today is a momentous occasion for me--I'm giving my junior recital. Today is the day I've been working towards my whole college career. Today is a day for making music.

"My socks never match. Ever. I think they need eHarmony."
--c/o Kenzi Ehman

"An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing." --Samuel Smiles

"No kidding! He's right down the crater from me!" --Castle

"Why doesn't it surprise me that you have property on the moon?" --Beckett 

(from the TV series Castle)

"Easter means it's never over." --Matthew Westerholm

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them."

--Walt Disney

"Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless."  --Bill Watterson

"I am addicted to Nutella, the chocolate hazelnut spread? I can't live without it. I need a daily dose of Nutella."  -- Michelle Trachtenberg

 

Happy World Nutella Day, everyone! It's the original hazelnut spread. Enjoy your Nutella, and share the love of it with your unconverted friends.

Some days are for living. Others are for getting through.
--Malcolm S. Forbes

"Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather."  --John Ruskin

"If you ask us, it's no coincidence that 'morning' and 'mourning' are only one letter apart. Okay sure, there are a few good things about mornings (we're looking at you, pancakes). Otherwise, forget it. Not only does a 15 minute snooze pass in what feels like a blink, but let's be honest, the sound of birds chirping is a bit overrated. So to help give your morning some nutrition, we've added [a whole bunch of vitamins and such]. We think it'll brighten your day. But don't worry, not rip-open-your-curtains-with-no-warning kind of brighter." --off the Vitamin Water bottle.

I'm a big fan of vitamin water, but I don't habitually drink it because it's expensive. Well, in honor of me having a crazy Tuesday schedule, I've invested in enough that I can have one on Tuesdays, just to help me through. This quote was from the side of today's bottle. Normally, I enjoy mornings, but on Tuesdays I don't, because mornings mean a really early start to a long day: class from 8:30am to 9:40pm (with one two hour break in the afternoon and forty minutes for dinner). So, thank you, Vitamin Water, for getting me through Tuesdays.