For to know a man's library is, in some measure, to know his mind. 

(~Geraldine Brooks)

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors. 

(~Charles Baudelaire)

Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others. 

(~Brian Jacques)

There is greatness in doing something you hate for the sake of someone you love. 

(~Shmuley Boteach)

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends. 

(~Alphonse de Lamartine)

A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness. 

(~Robert Frost)

"For all the music in this world, wait until you hear Jesus... singing over you."
(~C. Davis, New City Church, Columbus, OH)