“Time doesn’t take away from true friendship, nor does separation.” – Tennessee Williams, Memoirs

“But we all know, don’t we, how sometimes things have to feel anger, so as not to be defeated?” – Mary Oliver, Swan, “For Example”

“It is to the credit of human nature, that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more readily than it hates. Hatred, by a gradual and quiet process, will even be transformed to love, unless the change be impeded by a continually new irritation of the original feeling of hostility.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter

“Death is natural and necessary, but not just.” – Harriet McBryde Johnson, Too Late to Die Young

“23 astronauts have been from Ohio. What is it about this state that makes people want to flee the earth?” – Ryan Church
לקרוא שירה מתורגמת, זה כמו להתנשק דרך מטפחת.” – ביאליק” / “To read a translation of a song is like kissing through a handkerchief.” – Bialik

at Sycamore High School, where English 11 Honors Teacher Kloesz Flunked Me & I had to Re-Take My Junior Year At The Deaf School…

Me: So, would you rather take me or a bird in?
The Queen (my paraprofessional): A bird…you can keep it in a cage, and it doesn’t make as much noise.

“When you run out of questions, you don’t just run out of answers; you run out of hope.” – Thirteen/Remy Hadley, House MD, “You Don’t Want To Know”

Me: You overanalyse things too much. But I shouldn’t be talking.
lilrush4evr: hahah
lilrush4evr: but overanalysing things is fun
Me: I know!

“Somebody please, please help me–you know I’m drowning in a sea of hatred.” – John Lennon, Walls & Bridges, “Going Down on Love”

Wilson: “You will lie, cheat and steal to get what you want, but you’re incapable of kissing a little ass?”
House: “Well, we all have our limitations.” – House MD, “Occam’s Razor”

“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”
– Saint Thomas Aquinas

When AOL Instant Messenger Was Around…

tMueth 1: What sane person wouldn’t be terrified by me?
I get weak x: That’s a really good question.
I get weak x: And the answer is that every sane person is terrified of you.
I get weak x: No matter what their age may be.
She grew up to be a librarian; I’m going to become a board-certified physiatrist, psychoanalyst & psychiatrist…

you mah wingman: stupid fucking baby
tMueth 1: Is candour just a nice word for frequently an asshole?
you mah wingman: in your case, yes
She grew up to be a jazz singer; I’m growing up to become a board-certified physiatrist, psychoanalyst & psychiatrist…

from the cartoon Daria

(in Daria, That Was Then, This Is Dumb)
Summer: You have a very old soul.
Daria: It just looks mature for its age.

“Recognize: it’s your life, now in review.” – “Fantasy”, Earth Wind & Fire
“I know more than you do, for you think you know something and I know I know nothing.” – Socrates