amor y desamor

Do your kids a favor - don't have any. ~Robert Orben



Heresies are experiments in man's unsatisfied search for truth. ~H.G. Wells, Crux Ansata



It is the one season of the year when we can lay aside all gnawing worry, indulge in sentiment without censure, assume the carefree faith of childhood, and just plain "have fun." Whether they call it Yuletide, Noel, Weinachten, or Christmas, people around the earth thirst for its refreshment as the desert traveller for the oasis. ~D.D. Monroe



The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts. ~Blaise Pascal, Pensees, 1670



It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe. ~Author Unknown



He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite. ~Edward Bulwer-Lytton



If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. ~Toni Morrison



Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, it's like dung. ~Zen Saying



I sit in my garden, gazing upon a beauty that cannot gaze upon itself. And I find sufficient purpose for my day. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Even nectar is poison if taken to excess. ~Hindu Proverb



Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast. ~William Shakespeare



There are twelve hours in the day, and above fifty in the night. ~Marie de Rabutin-Chantal



You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants. ~Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis



man and the vegetable. I am not alone and unacknowledged. They nod to me and I to them. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson



Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. ~Peter Ustinov



Adversity is the first path to truth. ~Lord Byron



Your necklace may break, the fau tree may burst, but my tattooing is indestructible. It is an everlasting gem that you will take into your grave. ~Verse from a traditional tattoo artist's song, as quoted on pbs.org, "Skin Stories: The Art and Culture of Polynesian Tattoo," 2003



For westerners, the tattoo has always been a metaphor of difference. ~Margo DeMello, Bodies of Inscription: A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community, 2000



In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. ~Charles A. Lindbergh, Life, 22 December 1967



Some people say man is the most dangerous animal on the planet. Obviously those people have never met an angry cat. ~Lillian Johnson