“Politics is a realm where the grand pronouncement often takes the place of the painstaking and detail-oriented work of getting meaningful things done.” Kamala Harris, The Truths We Hold: An American Journey

“When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...].” ― Simone de Beauvoir

“Water your dreams with fear, and they will wilt; with doubt, and they will wither; with hope, and they will grow; with faith, and they will flourish.” ― Matshona Dhliwayo

“I'm already crazy. I'm a fearless person. I think it creeps up on you. I don't think it can be stopped. If my destiny is to lose my mind because of fame, then that's my destiny. But my passion still means more than anything.” ― Lady Gaga

“I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me. I am everyone everything whose being-in-the-world affected was affected by mine. .” ― Salman Rushdie, Midnight’s Children

“I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.” ― Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Kiss a lover, Dance a measure, Find your name And buried treasure. Face your life, It's pain, It's pleasure, Leave no path untaken.” ― Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth.. Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love. M. Scott Peck

Portlaoise woodturner’s craftwork is turning heads at national exhibition laois-nationalist.ie/2024/06…