I am a voracious reader, an avid golfer, a faithful Catholic, a unique pianist, a proud nerd[fighter], an intense volleyball player, a loud cheesehead, a believer in education, a daughter of loyalty and love, and someone who knows that the little things can change the world on day at a time. 

"It kills me how some people die."
~ The Book Thief

"Those who desire to give up freedom in favor of security, will not have, nor do they deserve, either one"
~Thomas Jefferson

"Music is the arithmetic of the soul. Music is the pleasure the mind experiences when counting, even when it's unaware it's  counting."
~Godfried Wilheim Leibniz

"Forever is composed of nows"
~Emily Dickinson 

"We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our possessions, or our property. This fear evaporates when we realize that our stories and the story of the world are written by the same hand."
~The Alchemist

"God is the friend of silence. Trees, flowers, grass grow in silence. See the sun, moon,and stars, how they move in silence." 
~Mother Theresa

"I slept and dreamt life was beauty, I woke and found life was duty."
~E.S Hooper 

"In fighting men,we must not resemble them."
~Animal Farm

"The wave of the flag standing tall/
After the perilous fight in the early light/ Through the red glare and bursting in air/ Shows we proudly stand the home of the brave."
~Anonymous

"Don't you know that everyone has a Fairyland of their own?"
~Mary Poppins

"I'm a man of constant sorrow, I've seen trouble all my days."
~The Soggy Bottom Boys

"May an allergic camel sneeze in your quiche"
~Unknown

"May your spinster sister cough up a yak hairball" 
~Unknown