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