Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day. -Albert Camus, writer and philosopher (1913-1960)

Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It takes place every day. -Albert Camus, writer and philosopher (1913-1960)

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. -William Somerset Maugham, writer (1874-1965)

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece. -John Ruskin (1819-1900)

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
John Ruskin, author, art critic, and social reformer (1819-1900)

The yeses of Ulysses

"... and then I asked him with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad and yes I said yes I will Yes."

— James Joyce, Ulysses

I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you

I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.
-Stephen Roberts, database architect (b. 1967)

There is no such thing as a weird human being, It's just that some people require more understanding than others.- Tom Robbins

There is no such thing as a weird human being, It's just that some people require more understanding than others.
Tom Robbins

True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfull

True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their own.
Nikos Kazantzakis, poet and novelist (1883-1957)

A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world. -Joseph Addison

A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, his next to escape the censures of the world. -Joseph Addison, essayist and poet (1672-1719)

What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -Christopher Hitchens

What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -Christopher Hitchens, author and journalist (b. 1949)

Many demolitions are actually renovations. -Jalaluddin Rumi, poet and mystic (1207-1273)

Many demolitions are actually renovations.
-Jalaluddin Rumi, poet and mystic (1207-1273)

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings -- always darker, emptier, and simpler. -Friedrich Nietzsche

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings -- always darker, emptier, and simpler. -Friedrich Nietzsche, philosopher (1844-1900)

When love is not madness, it is not love. -Pedro Calderon de la Barca

When love is not madness, it is not love. -Pedro Calderon de la Barca, poet and dramatist (1600-1681)