quotes for him from her

Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. ~Psalms 34:14



A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words. ~Samuel Butler (1835-1902), Note-Books



A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away. ~Bil Keane, "Family Circus"



There's nothing better than a good friend, except a good friend with chocolate. ~Linda Grayson, "The Pickwick Papers"



Man endures pain as an undeserved punishment; woman accepts it as a natural heritage. ~Author Unknown



Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. ~David T. Wolf



There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all. ~Rebecca West (Cicily Maxwell Andrews), "The Harsh Voice," There Is No Conversation, 1935



Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them, if they will not apply themselves to me. ~Michel de Montaigne, Essays, 1588



The idea of an incarnation of God is absurd: why should the human race think itself so superior to bees, ants, and elephants as to be put in this unique relation to its maker?... Christians are like a council of frogs in a marsh or a synod of worms on a dung-hill croaking and squeaking "for our sakes was the world created." ~Julian the Apostate



Football is not a game but a religion, a metaphysical island of fundamental truth in a highly verbalized, disguised society, a throwback of 30,000 generations of anthropological time. ~Arnold Mandell



Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time. ~Jean Paul Richter



Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out. ~Anton Chekhov



Wherever flaxseeds become a regular food item among the people, there will be better health. ~Mahatma Gandhi



It is some relief to weep; grief is satisfied and carried off by tears. ~Ovid



Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car. ~E.B. White



The rainy days a man saves for usually seem to arrive during his vacation. ~Author Unknown



The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice that which we are for what we could become. ~Charles DuBois



I see it all perfectly: there are two possibilities, one can either do this or do that. My honest opinion and friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it, you will regret both. ~Kierkegaard



We now no longer camp as for a night, but have settled down on earth and forgotten heaven. ~Henry David Thoreau



Physical strength is measured by what we can carry; spiritual by what we can bear. ~Author Unknown