I blew that clay pigeon to smithereens. I don’t know why Mum got so upset. According to Uncle Andrew she’s a crack shot herself. But she says I’m too young. What I’d like to know is how old does a person have to be before they get to do all the fun stuff? – R.L. LaFevers, Theodosia and the Serpents of Chaos
Sometimes it’s our darkest moments that make us shine (Z.R. Southcombe)
I am a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a pita. Why the pita? That counts as another mystery (Demetri Martin)
The luster of an experience can actually go up with time. So, learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language – those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come (Dan Buettner)
We can’t rewind the past, nor fast-forward the future, so today, all we can do is play, record, pause and keep moving, until something should press the stop button (Anthony Liccione)
Love makes the wildest spirit tame and the tamest spirit wild (Alexis Delp)
As a society, our decision to heap shame and contempt upon those who struggle and fail in a system designed to keep them locked up and locked out says far more about ourselves than it does about them (Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness)
Truth itself is the best prudence. (Alireza Salehi Nejad, The Third World: Country or People)
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher (Socrates)
Surround yourself with positive people (Roy Bennett)