"Someone else's opinion of me- does not change my opinion of me."

“I grew up on a ranch with my father, so he educated us really early on about guns. We used to go target shooting all the time.”

“I think I write mostly about death and so it is interesting to hear how often people think I'm writing about pregnancy and birth. Though of course they are two sides of the same coin. Both when I was pregnant and now as a mother, I am consumed with thoughts of death. This is a strange role in parenting. The death guardian.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

“Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.”

“The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.”

Source : The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ch. 2 (1776 - 1788)

“I was the one who was always scowling, downcast. I tried to make sure I looked like that when I was getting my picture taken.”

Source : FaceBook post by Johnny Ramone from Jan 21, 2015

“If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don't appreciate the moment until it's passed.”

Source : Source: deadline.com

“Assuredly men of merit are never lacking at any time, for those are the men who manage affairs, and it is affairs that produce the men. I have never searched, and I have always found under my hand the men who have served me, and for the most part I have been well served.”

“When I was little, there were so many people in my house. Everyone was enjoying themselves, rehearsing, having fun. It was like a playground.”