From 1971 onwards, the Memorial Day holiday was officially observed on the last Monday in May and became the unofficial start of the summer, with barbecues, blockbuster movie openings and mattress sales.

How we respond to grief can shape our present

KC Rhoads

Circumstances rule men men do not rule circumstances.

Herodotus

I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.

Michelangelo

I wish every day could be Halloween. We could all wear masks all the time. Then we could walk around and get to know each other before we got to see what we looked like under the masks.

R.J. Palacio

The more one loves a mistress, the more one is ready to hate her.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Planning is an unnatural process; it is much more fun to do something. The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise, rather than being preceded by a period of worry and depression.

Sir John Harvey

I'm not gonna say that I hate it, because I really respect Usher and I was influenced by him. But so many people compare me to him, and I don't think it'll ever stop. I just want to be my own artist.

Chris Brown

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

Lyndon B. Johnson

This coupling together of science with international peace, is, I think, particularly significant.

Irving Langmuir

It's a problem for him because he's got - like Edward VII had - nearly all his lifetime to wait until he becomes Monarch. What is he going to do with it? So he wants to do something positive but he always courts those dangers.

Anthony Holden

Love dies only when growth stops.

Pearl Buck

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. Luke 17:2

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