About this time the custom arose of referring to the Eastern Shore with capital letters, as if it were a special place; this tribute was never paid the western shore.
― James A. Michener, Chesapeake

Photography in the United States was a big thrill, but I always get a bigger thrill when I make a picture of a fleet of dredge boats moving over an oyster bed on a beautiful autumn day.
― A. Aubrey Bodine

“I can't control the wind but I can adjust the sail.”

― Ricky Skaggs

In your Easter bonnet,
with all the frills upon it,
You'll be the grandest lady
in the Easter parade.
I'll be all in clover
and when they look you over,
I'll be the proudest fellow
in the Easter parade.

On the avenue, fifth avenue,
the photographers will snap us,
And you'll find that
you're in the rotogravure.
Oh, I could write a sonnet
about your Easter bonnet,
And of the girl I'm taking
to the Easter parade.

— Irving Berlin

“It is more important to click with people than to click the shutter.”
— Alfred Eisenstaedt

Chesapeake Bay is like a beautiful woman. There’s no humiliation from which she cannot recover.
― James A. Michener, Chesapeake

A poor fisherman who knows the beauties of the misty mornings is much richer than a wealthy man who sleeps till noon in his palace!
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“The most valuable gift you can receive is an honest friend.”
― Stephen Richards

”The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.”
— Henry David Thoreau

”Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”
— Helen Keller

”One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.”
— Clifton Fadiman

”I get by with a little help from my friends.”
— John Lennon

“Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.”

― Leonardo da Vinci

The March for Our Lives (MFOL) is a student-led demonstration in support of gun control legislation. The event followed the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting a month earlier, which was described by several media outlets as a possible tipping point for gun control legislation. March 24, 2018

Maine is a beautiful place that I paradoxically want to hoard to myself and share with everyone I meet.
― John Hodgman, Vacationland:
True Stories from Painful Beaches

“Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen.”
– Orhan Pamuk (author, My Name Is Red)

“Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.”
– Elizabeth Taylor (actress)

I don't believe in blaming inanimate objects for anything.
— Peter Benchley

Of all the things that I have lost,
I miss my mind the most.
— Mark Twain

“My affection hath an unknown bottom, like the Bay of Portugal.”
— William Shakespeare

”I've got two places I like to be. Portugal is one.”
— Cliff Richard

I think Haiti is a place that suffers so much from neglect that people only want to hear about it when it’s at its extreme. And that’s what they end up knowing about it.
― Edwidge Danticat

“Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.”

― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“When you walk into a chocolate store, suddenly the most difficult decision you will ever have to make in your life, is which chocolates to pick! It is pure torture! Especially when you are in Belgium surrounded by Belgian chocolates!”
― C. JoyBell C.

”Our time on this earth is sacred, and we should celebrate every moment.”
— Paulo Coelho

“That's why I'm telling you
I just want to celebrate, yeah, yeah
Another day of living, yeah
I just want to celebrate another day of life
Had my hand on the dollar bill
And the dollar bill flew away
But the sun is shining down on me
And it's here to stay”
— Rare Earth

“...the curious Dutch classification gedogen, which means 'technically illegal but officially tolerated.”
― Russell Shorto, Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City

“Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
― Franz Kafka

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs, and returns home to find it.
– George A. Moore

“To obtain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.”
― Miguel de Cervantes