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“Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves.” – Friedrich Nietzsche –

Sonnet 19: When I consider how my light is spent by John Milton

Sonnet 19: When I consider how my light is spent

by John Milton

When I consider how my light is spent,

   Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide,

   And that one Talent which is death to hide

   Lodged with me useless, though my Soul more bent

To serve therewith my Maker, and present

   My true account, lest he returning chide;

   “Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?”

   I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent

That murmur, soon replies, “God doth not need

   Either man’s work or his own gifts; who best

   Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state

Is Kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed

   And post o’er Land and Ocean without rest:

   They also serve who only stand and wait.”

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“Music is what tells us that the human race is greater than we realize.” ― Napoléon Bonaparte ―

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“When you play, never mind who listens to you.” ― Robert Schumann ―

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“This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” ― Leonard Bernstein ―

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“I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet.” ― Ludwig van Beethoven ―

The One and Only Bob

Title: The One and Only Bob

Author: Katherine Applegate

Rating: ★★★★★

Age Category: Middle Grade

    Back Cover Synopsis: 

    I'll always give a dog the benefit of the doubt. 

    Life is short. 

    Play is good. 

    And there are plenty of tennis balls to go around.