Quote of the Day

"Human beings are not houses -- you don't walk in and say, 'Well, so long as we gut the kitchen and add a third bedroom, this could work,' or 'It has no charm, but it's close to work and it's all I can afford.' No. You love them as they are, or you let them find someone else who does."

- Sara Eckel

Quote of the Day

"If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave."

- Mo Willems, Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs

Quote of the Day

"If there is a prize for rotten judgment, we are all getting participant ribbons."

- E.B.

Quote of the Day

"The bright side of the planet moves toward darkness

And the cities are falling asleep, each in its hour,

And for me, now as then, it is too much.

There is too much world."

- Czeslaw Milosz

Quote of the Day

"The attention is flattering. For the first five minutes. Now I know how poems feel."

- Margaret Edson, W;t

Quote of the Day

"Now is a time for, dare I say it, kindness. I thought being extremely smart would take care of it. But I see I have been found out."

- Margaret Edson, W;t

Quote of the Day

"Do you think because you are virtuous, that there shall be no more cakes and ale?"

- Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

Quote of the Day

"Prayer is only another name for good, clean, direct thinking."
- Mr. Gruffydd, How Green Was My Valley

Quote of the Day

"I like dogs. You always know what a dog is thinking. It has four moods. Happy, sad, cross, and concentrating. Also, dogs are faithful and they do not tell lies because they cannot talk."

- Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Quote of the Day

"Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love."

- Jane Austen

Quote of the Day

"And every day, when your heart especially feels the loneliness of life, pray."

- St. Padre Pio

Quote of the Day

"You wear the truth under your sole,

Like a pebble

It makes you limp and sway

But it will out someday"

- Deb Talan, "Unravellling" 

Quote of the Day

"The awful thing, as a kid reading, was that you came to the end of the story, and that was it. I mean, it would be heartbreaking that there was no more of it."
- Robert Creeley

Quote of the Day

"I love the way you grab my hands

And tell me all about your plans"

- Mindy Gledhill, "Hourglass"

Quote of the Day

"Jesus, help me to simplify my life by learning what You want me to be and becoming that person."

- St. Therese of Liseux

Quote of the Day

"I don't mind if I'm getting nowhere

Circling the seed of light

I've been greedy for some destination I can't get to

Where are you?"

- Sam Phillips, "Five Colors"

Quote of the Day

"I made a somewhat cheerless meal, and bade adieu early."

- Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights (via)

Quote of the Day

"I didn't know where to picture myself next -- a failure of imagination, you could call it, though it felt more like a flailing response to an unseen adversary, or refusal of the options as I saw them presented. How do you embark on your adulthood when you don't know where you're headed?"

- Kate Bolick, Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own

Quote of the Day

"I cannot remember all the books I have read any more than all the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote of the Day

"This is such a pity.
We should give all our love to each other.
Not this hate that destroys us."
- Weezer, "This Is Such a Pity"

Quote of the Day

"I'm a lucky person because I love to read. Reading gets me thinking and helps me to succeed.

Sometimes when I'm lonely, a book is all I need.

I'm a lucky person because I love to read."

- Jack Prelutsky, "Love to Read"

Quote of the Day

"The truth you believe and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new."

- Pema Chodron

Quote of the Day

"Because my life is only mine to hold

The nights are cold, and it's snowing

In Vermont, but all that I want is here

In the clear light of the streetlight"

- Girlyman, "Everything's Easy"