Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
—Marcel Proust (1871-1922)
19 September 2012
18 September 2012
Those were the days…
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17 September 2012
16 September 2012
Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots.
—Frank A. Clark
15 September 2012
My imaginary God-friend in the sky is more loving and more powerful than your imaginary God-friend in the sky… and if you don’t share my unconditional belief in my imaginary all-loving God-friend’s offer that the only path to eternal life is in fact the only legitimate Way, I will rally all forces available to me and defeat you in a holy war that will once and for all prove my point. OK?
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Come on people now, smile on your brother… everybody get together, try to love one another right now.
14 September 2012
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10 September 2012
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
—John Steinbeck (1902-1968)
(thanks to JuanMa Sepulveda in Madrid for the quote/link)