January 28, 2013

It is deep January. The sky is hard. The stalks are firmly rooted in ice.

- Wallace Stevens

January 27, 2013

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.

- Buddha

January 26, 2013

These are the buildings that give New England towns and villages a unique sense of place and define, in many minds, the New England character. Collectively, they are as important to the cultural and architectural history of these villages as are the great cathedrals to the cities of Europe. Regardless of one’s religious persuasion, one cannot help but be moved by their presence. They are a part of all of us.

- Steve Rosenthal, White on White: Churches of Rural New England

January 25, 2013

Jobs are a part of life. Maybe you've heard of the concept. It's called work? See, what happens is that you suffer through doing annoying and humiliating things until you get paid not enough money. Like those Japanese game shows, only without all the glory.

- Jim Butcher, Blood Rites

January 24, 2013

You're only as good as your last haircut.

- Fran Lebowitz

January 23, 2013

Do one thing every day that scares you.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

January 22, 2013

The world of the teddy bear is an innocent one, a world that gives delight and hurts not, a world that appeals to all generations and all nationalities.

- Gyles Brandreth