Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82)

Very nice TS. I've copied the RWE quote into my quotes file.

Dude, did you have to sleep on the sofa last night for that one?

: )

No, but I did get the dagger stare and some choice words.

I felt it was appropriate as a matter of general principle as well as for the nature of the thread.

"Falling in love is like dying -- you don't get enough practice to become good at either of them."

[edited because I remembered the syntax was a little different from how I originally had it.]

I read that in a local music rag last night in a bar. It was attributed to a friend of the article's author, but to me it has the ring of something that's been said before. I can't remember by whom, though.

Yeah, and neither of them are worth the experience.

Sidhe

...That's our sorry damn need to shift responsibility whenever we possibly can. A spineless desire to get out from under responsibility is in our genes. I swear it is, and the only way we get anywhere in this world is by constantly fighting our natural inclination to be utterly irresponsible.

Dean Koontz
Midnight




Sidhe

"Men...lie and cheat because they feel no responsibility for others. [People] want power, and they want acclaim when their [plans] succeed, but they seldom stand up and take responsibility for failure. The world's full of people who want to tell you how to live your life...but when their ideas turn out half-baked...they turn their heads, avert their eyes, and pretend they had no responsibility for the [outcome]."

Dean Koontz
Midnight



Sidhe