karma amore mio

Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it. ~J.K. Rowling



My ideas usually come not at my desk writing but in the midst of living. ~Anais Nin



Scoops of mint ice cream with chips of chocolate cows. ~Jim Bishop, "On the English Countryside," NY Journal-American, 28 September 1957, quoted in Simpson's Contemporary Quotations compiled by James B. Simpson



It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens. ~Baha'u'llah It is not for him to pride himself who loveth his own country, but rather for him who loveth the whole world. The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens. ~Baha'u'llah



I am a kind of paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. ~J.D. Salinger



Help your brother's boat across, and your own will reach the shore. ~Hindu Proverb



My advice to the women's clubs of America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias. ~James McNeill Whistler My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate. ~Thornton Wilder



The question before the human race is, whether the God of nature shall govern the world by his own laws, or whether priests and kings shall rule it by fictitious miracles? ~John Adams, letter to Thomas Jefferson, 20 June 1815



To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead. ~Samuel Butler



The best sex education for kids is when Daddy pats Mommy on the fanny when he comes home from work. ~William H. Masters



To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while. ~Josh Billings



My eleven year old daughter mopes around the house all day waiting for her breasts to grow. ~Bill Cosby



If you mess up, 'fess up. ~Author Unknown



By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest. ~Agesilaus



He was the only man I ever saw who ran his own interference. ~Steve Owen, about Bronko Nagurski



Mathematics is as much an aspect of culture as it is a collection of algorithms. ~Carl Boyer, 1949, calculus textbook



If only cats grew into kittens. ~R. Stern



Some women love only what they can hold in their arms; others, only what they can't. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



The tender friendships one gives up, on parting, leave their bite on the heart, but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Southern Mail, 1929, translated from French by Curtis Cate



It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves; we are underlings. ~William Shakespeare