"None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole." --Pope John Paul II and photo of the interior mosaic of the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg, Russia
“Until you step into the unknown, you don’t know what you’re made of.” ― Roy T. Bennett and photo of iconic Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo, Japan
"Life is like the ocean. It can be calm and still, and rough or rigid, but in the end, it is always beautiful." --by unknown and photo of Atlantic Ocean taken from Castillo San Cristóbal fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA
"Freedom lies in being bold." --Robert Frost and photo of National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (aka. The Punchbowl) in Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA
"Some cities, like wrapped boxes under Christmas trees, conceal unexpected gifts, secret delights." --Truman Capote and enameled gold and pearl perfume holder (attardan) art object from the Royal Collection Trust exhibit in the Queen's Gallery in Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, United Kingdom
"We become not a melting pot but a beautiful mosaic. Different people, different beliefs, different yearnings, different hopes, different dreams." --Jimmy Carter and photo of the interior and signature clock in the Queen Victoria Building (QVB) in Sydney, Australia
"I am in awe of flowers. Not because of their colors, but because even though they have dirt in their roots, they still grow. They still bloom." -D. Antoniette Foy and photo of cruise port at Key West, Florida, USA
"What the park gives us is a place to relax, a place to relieve stress and, at the same time, to appreciate nature." --Moises Camacho and photo of monument and lake El Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain
"Creole is New Orleans city food. Communities were created by the people who wanted to stay and not go back to Spain or France." --Paul Prudhomme and photo of French Quarter Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
"We live in this world in order always to learn industriously and to enlighten each other by means of discussion and to strive vigorously to promote the progress of science and the fine arts." --Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and view from Hohensalzburg Castle in Salzburg, Austria
