" Valentine's Day is a love-note to the rest of the year. Graciously, it comes at a perfect time to be savored - that period of calm between winter holiday commotion and spring enticements. "

— Jo Lightfoot

" A good friend knows all your stories. A best friend helped you write them. "

— Unknown

" If you find no one to support you on the spiritual path, walk alone. "

— Buddha

" In the end, we only regret the chances we didn’t take. "

— Lewis Carroll

" You know full well as I do the value of sisters’ affections; there is nothing like it in this world. "

— Charlotte Bronte

" Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. "

— Marcus Tullius Cicero