Time past was nothing, no matter how long. Time ahead was everything, no matter how brief. - Sheri S. Tepper

There is nothing so delightful, so pure, so innocent or enjoyable that some group has not forbidden it.

There is no sin inherent in any mind save the sin of pride in believing one has seen or been taught the absolute truth. The second greatest sin is refusing to search for the truth one must acknowledge one will never absolutely find.

The first thing you’ve got to do is tell yourself that the shitheads are wrong...Not just a little bit wrong, but irremediably, absolutely, and endemically wrong. Nothing you can say or do will stop their being wrong. They’re damned to eternal wrongness, and that’s God’s will.