love and sad quotes

Youth fades; love droops; the leaves of friendship fall; A mother's secret hope outlives them all. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes



The future lies before you, like paths of pure white snow. Be careful how you tread it, for every step will show. ~Author Unknown



It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper. ~R. Serling



A great war leaves the country with three armies - an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb



One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks. ~Jack Penn



Self-respect cannot be hunted. It cannot be purchased. It is never for sale. It cannot be fabricated out of public relations. It comes to us when we are alone, in quiet moments, in quiet places, when e suddenly realize that, knowing the good, we have done it; knowing the beautiful, we have served it; knowing the truth we have spoken it. ~Whitney Griswold



If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. ~J.K. Rowling, "Padfoot Returns," Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000, spoken by the character Sirius Black



Cats are smarter than dogs. You can't get eight cats to pull a sled through snow. ~Jeff Valdez



Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs. ~Ambrose Bierce



Cartman: "Intelligent and friendly on rye bread with some mayonnaise."



We have smothered ourselves, buried ourselves, in the vast heap of information which all of us have and none of us has. ~Gamaliel Bradford



I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart: I am, I am, I am. ~Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar, Chapter 20



In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation. ~Stephane Mallarme



Just get on any major highway, and eventually it will dead-end in a Disney parking area large enough to have its own climate, populated by large nomadic families who have been trying to find their cars since the Carter administration. ~Dave Barry



Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve. ~Roger Lewin



One thousand Americans stop smoking every day - by dying. ~Author Unknown



They say a reasonable amount 'o fleas is good fer a dog - keeps him from broodin' over bein' a dog, mebbe. ~Edward Westcott



Confidence and hope do more good than physic. ~Galen



Boy, when you're dead, they really fix you up. I hope to hell when I do die somebody has sense enough to just dump me in the river or something. Anything except sticking me in a goddam cemetery. People coming and putting a bunch of flowers on your stomach on Sunday, and all that crap. Who wants flowers when you're dead? Nobody. ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, 1945



Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. ~Plato