April 26th, 2026

Major and Minor Chords of Pleasure

“With stammering lips and insufficient sounds, I strive and struggle to deliver right the music of my nature.”

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (English Poet; March 6th, 1806 to June 29th, 1861)

“Psychologists say that deafness, or a severe hearing loss, acquired after a human being has known hearing, can be te single greatest trauma a person can experience.”

Hannah Merker (Writer)

“I wonder if anyone else has an ear so tuned and sharpened as I have, to detect the music, not of the spheres, but of the earth…”

Kate Chopin (American Author; February 8th, 1850 to August 22nd, 1904)

“I love my ability to hear. I have been having so much fun listening to decades of music and film. I delight in waking up to the birds chirping outside our bedroom window.”

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–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 132 to 134 of 501.

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