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Hospitality, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911



This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it, human and otherwise, are imaginary, excepting only certain of the fairy folk, whom it might be unwise to offend by casting doubts on their existence. Or lack thereof. ~Neil Gaiman



Censorship offends me. ~Author Unknown



It is one of the secrets of Nature in its mood of mockery that fine weather lays heavier weight on the mind and hearts of the depressed and the inwardly tormented than does a really bad day with dark rain sniveling continuously and sympathetically from a dirty sky. ~Muriel Spark, Territorial Rights, 1979



I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship. ~Louisa May Alcott



A ball player's got to be kept hungry to become a big-leaguer. That's why no boy from a rich family ever made the big leagues. ~Joe DiMaggio, quoted in New York Times, 30 April 1961



My life is my message. ~Mahatma Ghandi



Failure or success seem to have been allotted to men by their stars. But they retain the power of wriggling, of fighting with their star or against it, and in the whole universe the only really interesting movement is this wriggle. ~E.M. Forster



The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. ~Bertrand Russell



...you're not how much money you've got in the bank. You're not your job. You're not your family, and you're not who you tell yourself.... You're not your name.... You're not your problems.... You're not your age.... You are not your hopes. ~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Chapter 18



I brought children into this dark world because it needed the light that only a child can bring. ~Liz Armbruster, on robertbrault.com



The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of butterflies in the adjoining meadows. ~P.G. Wodehouse



A true friend is one who thinks you are a good egg even if you are half-cracked. ~Author Unknown



It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. ~Ansel Adams



Sometimes the biggest act of courage is a small one. ~Lauren Raffo



Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused. ~King Charles I



Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it. ~Christopher Morley, Kitty Foyle



Old age lives minutes slowly, hours quickly; childhood chews hours and swallows minutes. ~Malcolm de Chazal Old age puts more wrinkles in our minds than on our faces. ~Michel de Montaigne



Teamwork is essential - it allows you to blame someone else. ~Author Unknown



I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell this to my children they just about throw up. ~Barbara Bush