Seems like nothing ever brings you back to reality that makes you want to stay there.
Robert BreaultThe verdict is still out on my life, the judge having not yet instructed the jury, both of whom are me.
Robert BreaultWhen compiling his great dictionary, the young Noah Webster travels to the Himalayas, where he climbs to the cave of the world's wises man. 'O, great sage,' he says, 'tell me the meaning of life.' The sage sits Noah at his feet and, with great solemnity, commences to unfold the meaning of life. When finished, he places a hand on the young man's shoulder and says, 'Do you have any other questions, my son?' Noah flips a page in his notebook and says, 'You wouldn't know the meaning of lift, would you?'
Robert BreaultWhat do we ask of friendship except to be taken for what we pretend to be - and without having to pretend.
Robert BreaultWhen I am gone, my love, do not look for me in the places we used to go to together. Look for me in the places we always planned to go to together.
Robert BreaultWhy be saddled with this thing called life expectancy? Of what relevance to an individual is such a statistic? Am I to concern myself with an allotment of days I never had and was never promised? Must I check off each day of my life as if I am subtracting from this imaginary hoard? No, on the contrary, I will add each day of my life to my treasure of days lived. And with each day, my treasure will grow, not diminish.
Robert Breault