The marriage state, with or without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of Heaven and Hell we are capable of receiving in this life. ~Richard Steele, The Spectator
People need to understand that when they're deciding between breastmilk and formula, they're not deciding between Coke and Pepsi.... They're choosing between a live, pure substance and a dead substance made with the cheapest oils available. ~Chele Marmet
There are people who live their whole lives on the default settings, never realizing you can customize. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
A hot dog at the ball park is better than steak at the Ritz. ~Humphrey Bogart
No man is as anti-feminist as a really feminine woman. ~Frank O'Connor
Nurses are the hospitality of the hospital. ~Carrie Latet
Most often, walking alone with my shadow is how I find my answer, the result of gathering together all agreeable parties. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Baseball fans love numbers. They love to swirl them around their mouths like Bordeaux wine. ~Pat Conroy
In the time it takes you to understand a 14-year-old, he turns 15. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness. ~Shakti Gawain
What you discover in a democracy is that it is difficult to build a house when each nail has an opinion. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia. ~Judith Viorst, Redbook, 1975
Nature always strikes back. It takes all the running we can do to remain in the same place. ~Rene Dubos, Medical Utopias, 1961
Most Texans think Hanukkah is some sort of duck call. ~Richard Lewis
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life. ~Buddha
The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination. ~Marian Zimmer Bradley
A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead. ~Leo Rosten
The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago... had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands. ~Havelock Ellis, The Dance of Life, 1923
Most of the money you'll win at poker comes not from the brilliance of your own play, but from the ineptitude of your opponents. ~Lou Krieger
Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths. ~Etty Hillesum Sometimes the only way you can take a really good look at yourself is through somebody else's eyes. ~From the television show Scrubs
If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is Nature's way. ~Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics
When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels. ~Author Unknown
Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
The turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt. ~Max Lerner, The Unfinished Country, 1950