3-24-08

"I thought I was nicer than this."

"It's human nature. Delight in the pain of your enemies. The Germans have a word for it. Schadenfreude."

"The Catholics do too. Sin."

- Lisa Scottoline, Lady Killer

3-11-08

On the whole, we're a murderous race. According to Genesis, it took as few as four people to make the planet too crowded to stand...

- Jim Butcher, Dead Beat

3-5-08

Blessed are the obsessed; they get shit done.

- Laurell K. Hamilton, LKH Blog

2-6-08

Dear Spring: Can't wait to see you!

- A Girl and a Boy, I Have Sinned

1-8-07

Apparently Crazy is contagious. WHICH IS JUST ANOTHER REASON TO WASH MY HANDS EVERY TEN MINUTES.

- Dooce, Newsletter: Month Forty-seven

12-14-07

This is the true joy in life - being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; being thoroughly worn out before you are thrown on the scrap heap; being a force of nature instead of a feverish selfish little clod . . .

- George Bernard Shaw, On True Joy in Life

12-4-07

[C]ooking is an expression of love. . . many things can be learned that cannot be taught."

- Neil Peart, NEWS, WEATHER, and SPORTS

12-1-07

The problem with being [too] goal oriented is that you forget to enjoy the journey. You not only don't stop to smell the roses, but you stop seeing them along the road, and you rush past, because you have somewhere to go, and a deadline chasing you.

- Laurell K. Hamilton, I Blame Top Gear

11-8-07

Keep holding on so long
Cause theres a chance that we might not be so wrong
We could be down and gone
But we hold on

- Rush, We Hold On

11-4-07

The written character for mother love is composed of tgwo elements: love and pain.

- Lisa See, Peony in Love

10-13-07

Only love of a good woman will make a man question every choice, every action. Only love makes a warrior hesitate for fear that his lady will find him cruel. Only love makes a man both the best he will ever be, and the weakest. Sometimes all in the same moment.

- Wicked, The Harlequin

9-12-07

[W]ith divorce so common, why are most rock songs about romantic love?

- First Son Lickona, Godsbody

8-3-07

That’s what love is, being able to confide in someone that everything isn’t okay, and trusting that they will listen.

- Dooce, Newsletter: Month Forty-two

7-20-07

The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ... And the Dark Lord will mark him as equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not ... And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives.

- Sybil Trewlawney, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

5-25-07

I am the whitiest white girl ever, or as I like to say "the fairest of them all."

- Antique Mommy, I Adore Adora

5-14-07

The road unwinds towards me
What was there is gone
The road unwinds before me
And I go riding on

- Rush, Driven

5-5-07

How many times
Do we swallow our ambitions
Long to give up the same old way
Find another road to take

- Rush, We Hold On

4-24-07

The vodka helps. That'd be a great name for a blog. You could use it for anything. 'I'm losing my faith. The vodka helps.'

- Matthew Lickona, Godsbody

4-11-07

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

- Apple Computer, Here's to the Crazy Ones

4-9-07

If there is any image that will convey the true meaning of Easter, it's two old ladies in a throw down at the Pearly Gates.

- Antique Mommy, Millie Conway