"Werewolf bar mitzvah
Spooky scary
Boys becoming men
Men becoming wolves"

- Tracy Jordan, 30 Rock 2.02

"False history gets made all day, any day,
the truth of the new is never on the news
False history gets written every day..."
- Adrienne Rich, Turning the Wheel

"I am a big believer in 'Intelligent Design,' and by that I mean I love IKEA!"
- Tina Fey

"Language... has created the word 'loneliness' to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word 'solitude' to express the glory of being alone."
- Paul Tillich

"For an hour and a half, I had hope. Isn't hope the worst?"
- Adrian Monk, Monk 4.6

"Don't mistake a clear view for a short distance."
- Grand Canyon hiking advice

“I've got a bad case of the 3:00 am guilts -- you know, when you lie in bed awake and replay all those things you didn't do right? Because, as we all know, nothing solves insomnia like a nice warm glass of regret, depression and self-loathing.”
- D.D. Barant

"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back."
- Maya Angelou

“Taking solitude in stride was a sign of strength and of a willingness to take care of myself. This meant--among other things--working productively, remembering to leave the house, and eating well...Cooking for others had often been my way of offering care. So why, when I was alone, did I find myself trying to subsist on cereal and water? I'd need to learn to cook for one.”
- Jenni Ferrari-Adler, Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant

"Solitude never hurt anyone. Emily Dickinson lived alone, and she wrote some of the most beautiful poetry the world has ever known... then went crazy as a loon."
- Lisa Simpson, The Simpsons

"My grief lies onward and my joy behind."
- William Shakespeare

“I think it's good for a person to spend time alone. It gives them an opportunity to discover who they are and to figure out why they are always alone.”
- Amy Sedaris, I Like You: Hospitality Under the Influence

"Whatever else is unsure in this stinking dunghill of a world a mother's love is not."
- James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

"I guess the important thing is to never stop searching."
J. D., Scrubs

"Sometimes it seems like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off."
- Fannie Lou Hamer

"I'm not voting unless I get my own binder."
- Laura

(See also.)

"In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it."
- Mitch Albom

"When we have done our very best, we may still experience disappointments, but we will not be disappointed in ourselves."
- Julie Beck

"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."
- Winston Churchill

"So this is it? I sold my soul for this?
Washed my hands of God for this?
I miss my mom and dad for this?"
- Fun., "Some Nights"

"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
- Cicero

"What a bitter end
I was on the mend"
- Meaghan Smith, "Heartbroken"

"Petrified and full of regret...the world of dating."
- Sharona, Monk 3.3

"And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it."
- Roald Dahl

"Do you remember the scars I showed you
The stories I told you
How I always said forever
When you asked me to stay true."
- Ane Brun, "Do You Remember"

"Embrace the current season of your life."
- Gabrielle Blair

“‘Ruined for life’ is not merely a measurement of the length of our ruination.  It refers more directly to the purpose of our ruination: LIFE.  Life over death; justice over injustice; peace over war; sanity over the insanity we often find ourselves in.  Holy insecurity over security.” 
- Father Jack Morris, SJ (recommended reading)

Photo by Claire (Spokane, June 2012)

"When you're smiling on me,
That is all I need
To put behind me all my worries
And life's complexities."
- Gotye, "In Your Light"