“ Truth would quickly cease to be stranger than fiction, once we got as used to it. ”
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
~ H.l. Mencken
You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth.
The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it makes a better soup.
