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Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. ~Dave Barry



Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all. ~William Shakespeare, Henry VI



A day without a nap is like a cupcake without frosting. ~Terri Guillemets



From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own. ~Syrus



Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space. ~Rebecca West



And see, no longer blinded by our eyes. ~Rupert Brooke



First you forget names; then you forget faces; then you forget to zip up your fly; and then you forget to unzip your fly. ~Branch Rickey



This nice and subtle happiness of reading, this joy not chilled by age, this polite and unpunished vice, this selfish, serene life-long intoxication. ~Logan Pearsall Smith



Harry found the hot drink as welcome as the firewhisky had been on the night that Mad-Eye had died; it seemed to burn away a little of the fear fluttering in his chest. ~J.K. Rowling, "The Thief," Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, 2007



If you're alone, I'll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile. But anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me. ~Author Unknown



The Life and Soul, the man who will never go home while there is one man, woman or glass of anything not yet drunk. ~Katherine Whitehorn



Silence is the true friend that never betrays. ~Confucius



A hug is the shortest distance between friends. ~Author Unknown A hug is two hearts wrapped in arms. ~Author Unknown



Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul. ~Author Unknown



Don't be discouraged. It's often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock. ~Author Unknown



Anyone can be a millionaire, but to become a billionaire you need an astrologer. ~John Pierpont Morgan



You will not find a soulmate in the quiet of your room. You must go to a noisy place and look in the quiet corners. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary. ~Albert Einstein



Anywhere is paradise; it's up to you. ~Author Unknown



Do you think there's such a thing as airborne calories? Maybe they just jump directly onto your hips. ~Coupling, "Remember This," original airdate 14 October 2002, written by Steven Moffat, spoken by the character Sally