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Unless you have been very, very lucky, you have undoubtedly experienced events in your life that have made you cry. So unless you have been very, very lucky, you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit. ~Lemony Snicket



The map is not the territory. ~Alfred Korzybski



Fire is the best of servants; but what a master! ~Thomas Carlyle



You see, Wendy, when the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. ~James M. Barrie, Peter Pan



Censorship reflects society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime. ~Potter Stewart



Golf combines two favorite American pastimes: taking long walks and hitting things with a stick. ~P.J. O'Rourke



What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop? ~Robert Browning, A Toccata of Galuppi's



Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self? ~Ralph Waldo Emerson



Passage: a usually brief portion of a written work or speech that is relevant to a point under discussion or noteworthy for content or style.



What I'm looking for is a blessing that's not in disguise. ~Kitty O'Neill Collins



Metaphysics may be, after all, only the art of being sure of something that is not so, and logic only the art of going wrong with confidence. ~Joseph Wood Krutch, The Modern Temper, 1929 (Thanks, Jeff)



Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. ~Daniel 5:27



Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but they can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake. ~Author Unknown



For years it has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward. ~Erma Bombeck, about her wedding ring



I have scarcely touched the sky and I am made of it. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin



There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. ~Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady



Any day spent sewing, is a good day. ~Author Unknown



Tears are the silent language of grief. ~Voltaire, A Philosophical Dictionary



Would you kill your pet dog or cat to eat it? How about an animal you're not emotionally attached to? Is the thought of slaughtering a cow or chicken or pig with your own hands too much to handle? Instead, would hiring a hit-man to do the job give you enough distance from the emotional discomfort? What animal did you put a contract out on for your supper last night? Did you at least make sure that none went to waste and to take a moment to be grateful for its sacrifice? ~Anonymous Would you touch a nettle without being stung by it? take hold of it stoutly. Do the same to other annoyances, and hardly will any thing annoy you. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827



Ma-ma does everything for the baby, who responds by saying Da-da first. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966