“I was born to discover, wonder, and explore.
I was born to talk and have mind boggling conversations.
I was born to have happiness and sorrows.
I was born to live.”

– A poem by Gabriel Manole Hopper, Age 10. Awesome kid and world class neighbor who I think understands quite a bit about this little life we lead.

“But there will come a time you’ll see
With no more tears
And love will not break your heart
But dismiss your fears
Get over your hill and see what you find there
With grace in your heart and flowers in your hair”

-from After the Storm by Mumford & Sons

“If truth was a crayon and it was up to me to put a wrapper around it and name its color, I know just what I would call it – dinosaur skin. I used to think without really thinking about it, that I knew what color that was. But that was a long time ago, before I knew what I know now about both dinosaur skin and the truth.

The fact is, you can’t tell squat about the color of an animal just from looking at its bones, so nobody knows for sure what color dinosaurs really were. For years I looked at pictures of them, trusting that whoever was in charge of coloring them in was doing it based on scientific fact, but the truth is they were only guessing.”

-from So B. It by Sarah Weeks