Michael Hoffman

“Still stands the forest primeval; but far away from its shadow,
Side by side, in their nameless graves, the lovers are sleeping.
Under the humble walls of the little catholic churchyard,
In the heart of the city, they lie, unknown and unnoticed;
Daily the tides of life go ebbing and flowing beside them,
Thousands of throbbing hearts, where theirs are at rest and forever,
Thousands of aching brains, where theirs no longer are busy,
Thousands of toiling hands, where theirs have ceased from their labors,
Thousands of weary feet, where theirs have completed their journey!”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie

“I do not believe anyone can be perfectly well, who has a brain and a heart”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“It is difficult to know at what moment love begins; it is less difficult to know that it has begun”
― Henry Wadworth Longfellow