Quotes from Astrid Alauda

Don't chain your worries to your body. The burden soon becomes heavy and your health will give too much of itself to pick up the extra load.

The really nice breezes blow through my body and into my soul.†

I've spent most of my life walking under that hovering cloud, jealousy, whose acid raindrops blurred my vision and burned holes in my heart.

The scars you can't see are the hardest to heal.

There's no other love like the love for a brother. There's no other love like the love from a brother.

After a girl is grown, her little brothers - now her protectors - seem like big brothers.

Plants cry their gratitude for the sun in green joy.

Happiness is a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry under a shade tree.

Loving is never a waste of time.

I see rejection in my skin, worry in my cancers, bitterness and hate in my aching joints. I failed to take care of my mind, and so my body now goes to hospital.

I named my kitten Rose — fur soft as a petal, claws sharper than thorns.

Television is an anesthetic for the pain of the modern world.

I've spent most of my life walking under that hovering cloud, jealousy, whose acid raindrops blurred my vision and burned holes in my heart. Once I learned to use the umbrella of confidence, the skies cleared up for me and the sunshine called joy became my faithful companion.

You are your own judge. The verdict is up to you.

Poesy engraved on the ring Love engraved on my heart.

I enjoy mowing the lawn, it relaxes me. It gets me outdoors, it's good exercise, the freshly cut grass smells great, and the engine is loud enough that I'm sure no one else can hear my thoughts — or intrude upon them.

Tea is instant wisdom — just add water!

Punning and groaning are brothers.

Sometimes he curls up on my pillow during the night and I don't know he's there until I yawn and my mouth closes on a whisker.

The jeweler allows me to wear the sapphire blue lake on my finger, emerald green leaves around my neck, and take the citrine sunset with me wherever I go. Jewelry has become my daytime link to nature in an office with no windows. And if I have to work late, there's nothing like diamond stars and a pearl full moon against an onyx night sky.

To all the people in the world who feel empty Grab onto a piece of my heart For I feel empty too And together we can make a chain of love.

Posy and pearls Amethyst and gold Forever you and I Our precious love to hold.

Loving is never a waste of time