Time to plant tears, says the Almanac.

Elizabeth Bishop

The absence of the dead . . . is their way of appearing.

Simone Weil

There are years when nothing happens and years in which centuries happen.

Carlos Fuentes

Death doesn’t take the time to knock on the door.

Yiddish folk saying

The practice of terror serves the true believer not only to cow and crush his opponents but also to invigorate and intensify his own faith.

Eric Hoffer

The first and greatest commandment is, Don’t let them scare you.

Elmer Davis