All that is gold does not glitter;
all that is long does not last;
All that is old does not wither;
not all that is over is past.
~ Christopher Tolkien
The Treason of Isengard
We're all islands
shouting lies to each other
across seas of misunderstanding.
~ Rudyard Kipling
The Light That Failed
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.
~ Neal Donald Walsch
live, then, and be happy,
beloved children of my heart,
and never forget, that until the day
god will deign to reveal the future to man,
all human wisdom is contained in these two words,
'wait and hope.'
~ Alexandre Dumas
The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live
is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
~ Pliny the Elder
Having children is like living in a frat house -- nobody sleeps,
everything's broken, and there's a lot of throwing up
~ Ray Romano
You put your left foot in
You take your left foot out
You put your left foot in
And you shake it all about
You do the hokey pokey
And you turn yourself around
That's what it's all about
~ The Hokey Pokey Song
Nor did he give a damn for the world either,
or the universe
or heaven or hell.
But he liked women.
~ John Fante
The Brotherhood of the Grape
An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted.
~ Arthur Miller
