dibujos de amor

Society is composed of two great classes - those who have more dinners than appetite, and those who have more appetite than dinners. ~Sebastien-Roch Nicholas de Chamfort



Sickness comes on horseback but departs on foot. ~Dutch Proverb, sometimes attributed to William C. Hazlitt



Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. ~Leo Buscaglia



Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity. ~John Ruskin



Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother. ~G. Norman Collie



When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs? ~G.K. Chesterton



Grown-ups love figures. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you, "What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies?" Instead, they demand: "How old is he? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?" Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince, 1943, translated from French



I think God is a callous bitch not making me a lesbian. I'm deeply disappointed by my sexual interest in men. ~Diamanda Galas



If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is Nature's way. ~Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics



A cat is a puzzle for which there is no solution. ~Hazel Nicholson



The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple. ~Amos Bronson Alcott



You have the Answer. Just get quiet enough to hear it. ~Pat Obuchowski



You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job. ~Laurence J. Peter



I have friends whose society is delightful to me; they are persons of all countries and of all ages; distinguished in war, in council, and in letters; easy to live with, always at my command. ~Francesco Petrarch



Lisa: "Do we have any food that wasn't brutally slaughtered?"



History is a damn dim candle over a damn dark abyss. ~W. Stull Holt



I am chained to the earth to pay for the freedom of my eyes. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin



Usefulness is happiness, and... all other things are but incidental. ~Lydia Maria Child, The American Frugal Housewife, 1829



I don't like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves. ~Joe Louis



The surest way to be alone is to get married. ~Gloria Steinem