There are thousands of thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen and writes. ~William Makepeace Thackeray
My love-lies-bleeding. ~Thomas Campbell
Few take advice, or physic, without wry faces at it. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827
Always kiss your children goodnight - even if they're already asleep. ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
You were born an original. Don't die a copy. ~John Mason
Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day. ~Anton Chekhov, Uncle Vanya, 1897
A door opens to me. I go in and am faced with a hundred closed doors. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
Half of my heart is deployed. ~Author Unknown
Be a blood and organ donor. All it costs is a little love. ~Author Unknown
Desire is in men a hunger, in women only an appetite. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
The difference between pornography and erotica is lighting. ~Gloria Leonard
When I am in the country I wish to vegetate like the country. ~William Hazlitt, Table Talk
A book is to me like a hat or coat - a very uncomfortable thing until the newness has been worn off. ~Charles B. Fairbanks
Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. ~Quentin Crisp
Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to keep it warm. ~William Wordsworth
The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough. ~Bede Jarrett
Fear is the highest fence. ~Dudley Nichols
Programming languages, like pizzas, come in only two sizes: too big and too small. ~Richard Pattis
If God dropped acid, would he see people? ~Steven Wright
Words signify man's refusal to accept the world as it is. ~Walter Kaufmann
Mothers hold their children's hands for a short while, but their hearts forever. ~Author Unknown
I never dreamed of being Shakespeare or Goethe, and I never expected to hold the great mirror of truth up before the world; I dreamed only of being a little pocket mirror, the sort that a woman can carry in her purse; one that reflects small blemishes, and some great beauties, when held close enough to the heart. ~Peter Altenberg
With a butterfly kiss and a ladybug hug, sleep tight little one like a bug in a rug. ~Author Unknown
One does not have to sleep with, or even touch, someone who has paid for your meal. All those obligations are hereby rendered null and void, and any man who doesn't think so needs a quick jab in the kidney. ~Cynthia Heimel, Sex Tips for Girls, 1983