... how his naked ears were tortured,

... by the sirens sweetly singing.

Nicely put Mr. Orwalt

Patton Oswalt's comments on this afternoon's tragic events in Boston:

... So when you spot violence, or bigotry, or intolerance or fear or just garden-variety misogyny, hatred orignorance, just look it in the eye and think, “The good outnumber you, and we always will.”

Never touch your idols,

the gilt will rub off on your hands

Touch the screen instead to feel the healing powers

Yes crow, I must agree

It is very strange

le mot juste

... She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris....

Dr.'s Orders

4 out of 5 doctors recommend this for their patients.

The other doctor is busy over-prescribing dog tranquilizers

(Avoid that doctor at all costs.)

We all must try to be good

April 12, 1934 -
... He knew that there was passion there, but there was no shadow of it in her eyes or on her mouth; there was a faint spray of champagne on her breath. She clung nearer desperately and once more he kissed her and was chilled by the innocence of her kiss, by the glance that at the moment of contact looked beyond him out into the darkness of the night, the darkness of the world...

Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald