May 9, 2014

Good Morning!

Today is the birthday of J.M. Barrie (1860 – 1937) who said:

“Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.”

and

“The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.”

and

“Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.”

and

“Wendy," Peter Pan continued in a voice that no woman has ever yet been able to resist, "Wendy, one girl is more use than twenty boys.”

and

“Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow.”

and

“If you have it [love], you don't need to have anything else, and if you don't have it, it doesn't matter much what else you have.”

and

“Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always try to be a little kinder than is necessary?”

It is also the birthday of Eleanor Estes (1906 – 1988) who said:

“After a long, long time she reached an important conclusion. She was never going to stand by and say nothing again.”

Happy Birthday to Richard Adams (1920 - ) who said:

“Whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you.”

and

“Animals don't behave like men,' he said. 'If they have to fight, they fight; and if they have to kill they kill. But they don't sit down and set their wits to work to devise ways of spoiling other creatures' lives and hurting them. They have dignity and animality.”

And to Charles Simic (1938 - ) who said:

“Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all others were making ships.”

and

“Poetry: three mismatched shoes at the entrance of a dark alley.”

and

“A poem is an invitation to a voyage. As in life, we travel to see fresh sights.”

Birthday greetings to Billy Joel (1949 - ) who wrote and sang:

And So It Goes

In every heart there is a room

A sanctuary safe and strong

To heal the wounds from lovers past

Until a new one comes along

I spoke to you in cautious tones

You answered me with no pretense

And still I feel I said too much

My silence is my self defense

And every time I've held a rose

It seems I only felt the thorns

And so it goes, and so it goes

And so will you soon I suppose

But if my silence made you leave

Then that would be my worst mistake

So I will share this room with you

And you can have this heart to break

And this is why my eyes are closed

It's just as well for all I've seen

And so it goes, and so it goes

And you're the only one who knows

So I would choose to be with you

That's if the choice were mine to make

But you can make decisions too

And you can have this heart to break

And so it goes, and so it goes

And you're the only one who knows

Today is the birthday of Jorie Graham (1950 - ) who said:

“This is freedom. This is the force of faith. Nobody gets what they want. Never again are you the same. The longing

is to be pure. What you get is to be changed.”

It is also the birthday of Dave Gahan (1962 - ) who said:

“I still hold on to the idea that a record can really change the way I feel.”

And of Paul Heaton (1962 - ) who sang:

“Old Red's in town

And sitting late at night he doesn't make a sound

Just adding to the winkles on his deathly frown

They're only red from all the tears that I should've shed

They're only red from all the women that I could've wed

So when you look into these eyes I hope you realise

They could never be blue”