"Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers -- strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength."
- Barbara Katz-Rothman

"I can't prove it, but I can say it." 
- Stephen Colbert

"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads."
- Erica Jong

"Church bells and now I'm awake
And I guess it must be some kind of holiday
I can't seem to join in the celebration
But I'll go to the service
And I'll go to pray
And I'll sing the praises of my maker's name
Like I was as good as she made me..."
- Elliott Smith, "Last Call"

"Break the monotony.  Do something strange and extravagant!"
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"When peaceful silence lay over all and night had run the half of her swift course, down from the heavens from the royal throne leapt your all powerful word."
- Wisdom 18:14, 15

"I didn't know you could get a Master's degree in social justice...sounds like unemployment.
- Claire

"With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
- Mathew 19:26

"It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself, which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable."
- Maya Angelou

"Home is where I want to be, but I guess I’m already there."
- Talking Heads, "This Must Be the Place"

"Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor is going to appear on Sesame Street. I love everything about that sentence."
- Chloe Angyal, feministing.com

"I didn't show up for chores so that makes me Blacklisted Bob now, which isn't as cool as Black Beard Bob. I sound like a criminal, not a pirate...and of course pirates aren't criminals."
- Bob

"A good home must be made, not bought."
- Joyce Maynard

Quote of the Day

"Faith means being sure of the things we hope for and knowing that something is real even if we do not see it."
- Hebrews 11:1

Quote of the Day

"I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which God has called you."
- Ephesians 1:18 (NIV)

Quote of the Day

"Fundamentalists are to Christianity what paint-by-numbers is to art."
- Robin Tyler

Quote of the Day

 "Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations."
- Orson Welles

Quote of the Day

“There, that is our secret: go to sleep!  You will wake, and remember, and understand.”
- Robert Browning

Quote of the Day

"Love is what we were born with.  Fear is what we learned here."
- Marianne Williamson

Quote of the Day (at camp, auto-post)

"The social task of Christianity is...working to restore human beings to their heritage as children of God."
- YWCA pamphlet (via)

Quote of the Day (at camp, auto-post)

"There is a time when we all fail,
some people take it pretty well,
some take it all out on themselves..."
- The Strokes, "I'll Try Anything Once"

Quote of the Day (at camp, auto-post)

"Therefore we must pay greater attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it."
- Hebrews 2:1 (NRSV)

Quote of the Day (at camp, auto-post)

"People are often unreasonable and self-centered.  
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you.  
Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous.  
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow.  
Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough.  
Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God.  It was never between you and them anyway."
- Mother Teresa

Quote of the Day (on the road, autopost)

"Religion is to do right.  It is to love, it is to serve, it is to think, it is to be humble."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote of the Day

"We laugh until we think we’ll die, barefoot on a summer night
Nothin’ new is sweeter than with you"
- Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, "Home"

Quote of the Day

"Parents can only give good advice or put [children] on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in her own hands."
- Anne Frank

Quote of the Day

"You number my wanderings; put my tears into your bottle."
- Psalm 56:8

Quote of the Day

"Sometimes we are lucky enough to know that our lives have been changed, to discard the old, embrace the new, and turn headlong down an immutable course."
- Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Quote of the Day

"The GRE provides a valid assessment of only one thing: how well you take the GRE."
 - The Princeton Review, Cracking the New GRE 2012

Quote of the Day

"Let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."
- Philippians, 4:6-7

Quote of the Day

"Your vote of confidence is overwhelming."
- Grandfather, The Princess Bride