Notable quotes, excerpts, and profound lines.

[AlexBell]

'Jennet was one of those persons, abounding in every class of life, whose virtues are most conspicuous in "damning sins they are not inclined to."'

from Hope Leslie, by Catharine Maria Sedgwood. (1789-1867)

[WT Sharpe]

The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.

~ H.L. Mencken (1880 – 1956) Damn! A Book of Calumny (1918)

[kennyc]

"The past is a foreign country: They do things differently there."
- L.P. Hartley The Go-Between

[orlok]

Originally Posted by kennyc

"The past is a foreign country: They do things differently there."
- L.P. Hartley The Go-Between

One of my fave's.

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"Yesterday I got so old."

- Robert Smith (The Cure), from "In Between Days."

[AlexBell]

'There are a great many opinions in the world, and a good half of them are held by people who have never been in trouble!'

Anton Chekhov

from one of the stories in The Party and Other Stories

[kennyc]

“One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls. Not unlike a tour of Afghanistan (though the bombs and bullets, in this case, come from the inside). At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you're living with this illness and functioning at all, it's something to be proud of, not ashamed of. They should issue medals along with the steady stream of medication.”
― Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
Here's hoping she gets through the heart attack....but it's not sounding good at this point.

[covingtoncat73]

"We were aiming for a cross between Kafka and Orwell, which just goes to show how dangerous it can be when your police officers are better read than you are."
Ben Aaronovitch, Moon Over Soho (Peter Grant, #2)

[covingtoncat73]

“There are some upon this earth of yours,” returned the Spirit, “who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name , who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and charge their doings on themselves, not us.”

~Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

[BenG]

There is no safety for honest men but by believing all possible evil of evil men.

Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France

[kennyc]

"Humans can't live in the present, like animals do. Humans are always thinking about the future or the past. So it's a veil of tears, man. I don't know anything that's going to benefit me now, except love. I just need an overwhelming amount of love. And a nap. Mostly a nap."
- Townes Van Zandt

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by kennyc

“One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls. Not unlike a tour of Afghanistan (though the bombs and bullets, in this case, come from the inside). At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina and even more courage, so if you're living with this illness and functioning at all, it's something to be proud of, not ashamed of. They should issue medals along with the steady stream of medication.”
― Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
Here's hoping she gets through the heart attack....but it's not sounding good at this point.

Unfortunately she didn't make it. Just heard on the news.

[Nyssa]

“Depression isn’t a war you win. It’s a battle you fight every day."
~ Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants

[kennyc]

Originally Posted by Nyssa

“Depression isn’t a war you win. It’s a battle you fight every day."
~ Shaun David Hutchinson, We Are the Ants

Put it on hold at the library. Thanks!

[Nyssa]

Originally Posted by kennyc

Put it on hold at the library. Thanks!

It is a depressing but captivating story.

[covingtoncat73]

“All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.”

“My heart has joined the Thousand, for my friend stopped running today."

― Richard Adams, Watership Down, R.I.P.