"There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness."
- Friedrich Nietzsche.

"Your intelligence is measured by those around you; if you spend your days with idiots you seal your own fate."
-Mary M. Illigassch

"I love myself the most when I am laughing."
-Zora Neale Hurston

Life is pain. Anyone who tell you differently is selling something. -"The Princess Bride"

It's funny, you work so hard, you do everything you can to get away from a place, and when you finally get your chance to leave, you find a reason to stay. -Gattaca

"Those who dance are considered insane by those who cannot hear the music."

-- George Carlin

On a traffic light yellow means yield, and green means go. On a banana, it's just the opposite, yellow means go ahead, green means stop, and red means, where the fuck did you get that banana?

"Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go... And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over."
- Gloria Naylor

My definition of an expert in any field is a person who knows enough about what's really going on to be scared.
-P. J. Plauger

*looking back, i have this to regreat.
that too often when I loved, I did not say*

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others." - Audrey Hepburn

"If you are going through hell, keep going."
~Sir Winston Churchill

"If you don't understand my silence, you'll never understand my words."

"Never bend your head. Always hold it high.
Look the world straight in the eye."
~Helen Keller

You have to forget about what other people say, when you're supposed to die, or when you're supposed to be loving. You have to forget about all these things. You have to go on and be crazy. Craziness is like heaven~ Jimi Hendrix

"Any idiot can face a crisis; it's this day-to-day living that wears you out." - Anton Chekov

"Always give your best, never get discouraged, never be petty; always remember other may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself."- Richard Nixon

"What does not destroy me makes me stronger." ~Friedrich Nietzche

I once had a garden filled with flowers that grew only on dark thoughts but they need constant attention & one day I decided I had better things to do. -- Dark Garden, StoryPeople

"The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it."
--Dorothy L. Sayers

"Oh, never mind the fashion. when one has a style of one's own, it is always twenty times better."
--Margaret Oliphant

"People underestimate their capacity for change. There is never a right time to
do a difficult thing."
--John Porter

"Oh sure, they say they're busy. They say that they didn't have even a moment in their insanely busy day to pick up the phone. It was just that crazy. Bullshit. With the advent of cell phones and speed dialing it is almost impossible not to call you. Sometimes I call people from my pants pocket when I don't even mean to. We may try to make you think differently, but we men are just like you. We like taking a break from out generally mundane day to talk to someone we like. It makes us happy. And we like to be happy. Just like you. If I were into you, you would be the bright spot in my horribly busy day. Which would be a day that I would never be too busy to call you. - "He's Just Not That Into You" Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo.

"'Busy' is another word for 'asshole'." - "He's Just Not That Into You" Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo.

"Sisters don't need words. They have perfected a language of snarls and smiles and frowns and winks - expressions of shocked surprise and incredulity and disbeliefs. Snifs and snorts and gasps and sighs - that can undermine any tale you're telling." - Pam Brown

"She is your partner in crime, your midnight companion, someone who knows when you are smiling, even in the dark. She is your teacher, you defense attorney, your personal press agent, even your shrink. Some days, she's the reason you wish you were an only child." -Barbara Alpert ~ sisters

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. -Leonardo da Vinci

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all. -Dan Rather

He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder. -MC Escher