"It's entertainment; we're not trying to save the world..."

Hate is too important an emotion to waste on someone you don't even like.

-- Louis Armstrong

The world bursts at the seams with people ready to tell you you're not good enough. On occasion, some may be correct. But do not do their work for them. Seek any job; ask anyone out; pursue any goal. Don't take it personally when they say 'no' - they may not be smart enough to say 'yes'.

-- Keith Olbermann

Precision in language is vital for stuff.

- fantasy author Steven Brust

He who knows not, and knows not he knows not, is a fool. Shun him.
He who knows not, and knows he knows not, is a child. Teach him.
He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep. Wake him.
He who knows, and knows that he knows, is wise. Follow him.

-- Arabian proverb

Poetry is the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, the poetry is just the ash.

-- Leonard Cohen

Real suspense comes from moral dilemma and the courage to make and act upon choices. False suspense comes from the accidental and meaningless occurrence of one damned thing after another.

-- John Gardner

Agape is disinterested love. … Agape does not begin by discriminating between worthy and unworthy people, or any qualities people possess. It begins by loving others for their sakes. … It springs from the need of the other person.

-- Martin Luther King, Jr.

...it is indeed a great gift of heaven to possess right or (as they now call it) plain common sense. But this common sense must be shown in deeds by well-considered and reasonable thoughts and words, not by appealing to it as an oracle when no rational justification of oneself can be advanced. -- Immanuel Kant

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From Ymir's flesh
Was the earth shaped,
From his blood the salt sea,
The fells from his bones,
The forests from his hair,
The arching sky from his skull;

From his eyelashes
The High Ones
Made Middle-Earth for men,
And out of his brains
The ugly-tempered
Clouds were all carved.

-- from the Grímnismál