if you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. now put the foundations under them. - Thoreau, Walden

as ridiculous as some things may sound, there comes a time of desperation, when no one's looking...when you will give the ridiculous a try. - Bill Cosby

love is a trick played upon us by the forces of evolution. pleasure is the bait laid down by the same. - T H White, The Once and Future King

far from being willing to execute his enemies, a real king must be willing to execute his friends. - T H White, The Once and Future King

as a general rule, people, even the wicked are much more naive and simple-hearted than we suppose. and we ourselves are, too. - Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

let me tell you, novice, that the absurd is only too necessary on earth. the world stands on absurdities, and perhaps nothing would come to pass in it without them. -Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

verily, verily, i say unto you, except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone; but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. -John, 12:24