Words

“When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.”

--William Shakespeare

Heart

“A heart well worth winning, and well won. A heart that, once won, goes through fire and water for the winner, and never changes, and is never daunted.”

--Charles Dickens

Thanksgiving is Catholic

Please follow this link to Taylor Marshall's excellent post on the Catholic origins of Thanksgiving: http://cantuar.blogspot.com/2009/11/catholic-origins-of-first-thanksgiving.html

Cry away

“It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.”

--Charles Dickens

Worth saving

“The poet's business is not to save the soul of man but to make it worth saving.”

--James Elroy Flecker

Saint Cecilia

Though her picture is always posted at the very bottom of my blog, I would be remiss if I did not mention that today is the feast of Saint Cecilia.

Saint Cecilia, pray for us!

Victory

"No Victory Without Suffering"

--J.R.R. Tolkien