General disclaimer: I own none of the characters you find in my stories that you recognize.

Food for thought
The mind acts like an enemy for those who do not control it. -- Bhagavad-Gita

It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a Hospital that it should do the sick no harm. -- Florence Nightingale

People think dreams aren't real just because they aren't made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes. -- Neil Gaiman

I felt as though I was suspended in a peculiar euphoric stupor, and I was strangely elated when I understood that this unexpected pilgrimage into the intricate functions of my brain actually had a physiological basis and explanation. I kept thinking, 'Wow, how many scientists have the opportunity to study their own brain function and mental deterioration from the inside out?' -- Jill Bolte Taylor

It's not when you realize that nothing can help you - religion, pride, anything - it's when you realize that you don't need any aid. -- William Faulkner

Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares up for a brief moment only to disappear into the endless night forever. -- Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

more will arrive as the inspiration strikes me...