Quote of the Day

"Just because you say it in that definitive tone doesn't mean it means anything to me."
- Booth, Bones ep 1.4


*QotD posting will be intermittent as I attempt to slog through the rest of the semester in one piece!

Quote of the Day

"If Hollywood made a movie about me and the Pill, it would be a two-hour slo-mo montage of us running through fields of flowers, strolling on the beach at sunset..."
-BeckySharper, The Pursuit of Harpyness blog

Quote of the Day

"i am lonely,
all the people i know
i know too well"
- Carolyn M. Rodgers, "Poem for Some Black Women"

Quote of the Day

"It's so nice and peaceful here. The only sounds are the ocean waves, the wind, and an occasional burst of machine-gun fire."
- Jaclyn Moriarty, Feeling Sorry for Celia

Quote of the Day

"a hand finds mine
traces answers on my spine
from malignant to benign"
- Winterpills, "Handkerchiefs"

Quote of the Day

"Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return."
- Mary Jean Iron

Quote of the Day

"When did Smith get so gay?"
- Steph, SWG 312 Queer Resistances seminar discussion

Quote of the Day

"Last time I had this much fun, I was pinned down in a foxhole by the North Koreans."
- Harold, Freaks and Geeks ep 1.3

Quote of the Day

"Time flies when you’re trying dismantle patriarchy and save the world!"
- Carmen, The Real Girl's Guide to Everything Else blog

Quote of the Day

"funny pictures that you take,
dinner out instead of shake and bake"
- Pomplamoose, "Little Things"

Quote of the Day

"We cannot be sure whether we are loving God, although we may have good reason that we are. But we can know quite well whether we are loving our neighbor."
- St. Teresa of Avila

Quote of the Day

"The business of being born is another infuriating way medical traditions and institutions – hospitals and insurance companies – actually discourage choice and even infringe on parents’ intimate rites, ultimately obstructing the powerful natural connection between mother and newborn child."
- Abby Epstein, The Business of Being Born

Quote of the Day

"When you date someone, you're taking one long course on who that person is, and when you break up, all of that stuff is useless. It's the emotional equivalent of an English degree."
- Ted, How I Met Your Mother ep. 5.3

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"Anna, you're the best stress-eater I know. You just go for it."
- Molly

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"I've been uptight and made a mess
But I'll clean it up myself, I guess
Oh, the sweet smell of success"
- Jenny Lewis, "Handle With Care"

Quote of the Day

"Catholic Mass is not a Sunday afternoon pick-up game!"
- Father Liston

Quote of the Day

"If this were a Lifetime Moment of Truth movie, this would be our act break."
- Tobias, Arrested Development ep 3.3

Quote of the Day

"God does not look on the outward appearance. I believe that He doesn't care one bit if we live in a castle or a cottage, if we are handsome or homely, if we are famous or forgotten. Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, God loves us perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God's love encompasses us completely."
- Dieter F. Uchtdorf (via)

Quote of the Day

"Some of the ancient Greek philosophers called the point of life: eudaimonia. It's commonly translated as happiness, but I believe a more accurate translation would be fittingness: how well your actions match your gifts, match who you are."
- Derrick Jensen, Walking on Water (via)

Quote of the Day

"We were a family, my darling
Right from the start"
- Wilco, "My Darling"

(I miss this.)

Quote of the Day

"Sometimes it seems like we’re all living in some kind of prison. And the crime is how much we hate ourselves. It’s good to ... admit the truth: that when you really look closely? People are so strange and so complicated that they’re actually beautiful. Possibly even me."
- Angela, My So-Called Life

Quote of the Day

"When history sleeps, it speaks in dreams: on the brow of the sleeping people, the poem is a constellation of blood..."
- Octavio Paz, "Toward the Poem"

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"Every Easter the Easter Beagle comes dancing along with his basket full of eggs, which he hands out to all the good little children."
- Linus, It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown

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"Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song."
-Pope John Paul II

Quote of the Day

"If the sky falls, hold up your hands."
-Spanish proverb

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"I’m not imagining it when I say that looking up at the sky, the clouds, the moon, and the stars makes me feel calm and hopeful. It’s better medicine than either valerian or bromide; nature makes me feel humble and ready to take each blow with courage."
-Anne Frank, The Diary of Anne Frank