It's a penis, Margo said, in the same sense that Rhode Island is a state: it may have an illustrious history, but it sure isn't big.

But nothing is said of the closeness between two people: how they grew in the shade of each other's presence. No one speaks of that exchange of gift and character --- the way a person took on and recognized in himself the smile of a lover. Individuals are seen only in the context of these swirling social tides.

Michael Ondaatje

The worst part about celebrating another birthday is the shock that you're only as well as you are.

Anne Lamott

The first time that you escape from home or the small town that you live in - there's a reason a small town is called a small town: It's because not many people want to live there.

Billie Joe Armstrong

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.

John Milton

How lovely the little river is, with its dark changing wavelets! It seems to me like a living companion while I wander along the bank, and listen to its low, placid voice...

George Eliot, The Mill on the Fl

If I don't need the money, I don't work.

James Spader

Maybe being married is talking to oneself with one's other self listening.

Ruth Rendell

In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action

Aristotle

If you deliberately plan on being less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be unhappy for the rest of your life.

Abraham Maslow

My Mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my Mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.

George Washington

Worthless is the nation that does not gladly stake its all on its honor.

Friedrich von Schiller

An event described by those to whom it was told by men who did not see it.

Elbert Hubbard