The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of the ages may be preserved
by quotations.


- Isaac D'Israeli

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Steve Moakler

"The human heart is a scary part, in fact
Because I could break you, and you could break me back."


- Steve Moakler, 'Hesitate'

Oscar Wilde

“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”

- Oscar Wilde, poet, novelist, dramatist and critic

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Lois McMaster Bujold

"If you can't do what you want, do what you can."

- "Memory" by Lois McMaster Bujold

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Be not the slave of your own past. Plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep and swim far, so you shall come back with self-respect, with new power, with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson, essayist, philosopher and poet

Saturday, June 23, 2012

St. Vincent

"Forgive the kids for they don't know how to live."


- St. Vincent, 'Cruel'

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Restless Heart

"For every heart you break you pay the price."


- Restless Heart, 'The Bluest Eyes In Texas'

Friday, June 15, 2012

George Eliot

"What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined... to strengthen each other... to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories."

- George Eliot, author

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Khalil Gibran

"The deeper sorrow carves into your being the more joy you can contain."

- Khalil Gibran, artist, poet, writer

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Joy Williams

"Everyone is every one of us."


- Joy Williams, 'We Are'

Thursday, June 7, 2012

George Santayana

"To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring."

- George Santayana, philosopher, poet, author

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Mark Twain

"A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval."

- Mark Twain, author

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Edward R. Murrow

"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven into an age of unreason if we dig deep into our history and remember we are not descended from fearful men."

- Edward R. Murrow, journalist

Saturday, June 2, 2012

The Beatles

"It's getting hard to be someone, but it all works out."

- The Beatles, 'Strawberry Fields Forever'

Friday, June 1, 2012

Chuck Palahniuk

"Which is worse: Hell or nothing?"

- Chuck Palahniuk, journalist, satirist and novelist