Quote (#553)

Some people are like a callus; they always
show up when the work is finished.
- Anonymous

"Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot
live without and know we cannot live within."
- James A. Baldwin

"I'm afraid that if you look at a thing
long enough, it loses all of its meaning."
- Andy Warhol

The difference between ordinary and
extraordinary is that little extra.
- Anonymous

"That's the motivation
of an artist - to seek
attention of some kind."
- James Taylor

"A good listener is not only popular everywhere,
but after a while he gets to know something."
- Wilson Mizner

Quotes (#472)

Only to have a grief equal
to all these tears!
- Adrienne Rich

When one begins to live by habit and by
quotation, one has begun to stop living.
- James Baldwin (1924–87)

It is only to the happy
that tears are a luxury.
- Thomas Moore

It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises
the eyes, and softens down the temper; so cry away.
- Charles Dickens (1812–70)

Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response
to death. When a life has been lived completely
honestly, completely successfully, or just
completely, the correct response to death’s
perfect punctuation mark is a smile.
- Julie Burchill

"From quiet homes and first beginning,
Out to the undiscovered ends,
There’s nothing worth the wear of winning,
But laughter and the love of friends."
- Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953)