"Griefs assured are felt before they come."

-- John Dryden

“You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.”
“A person's life is dyed with the color of his imagination.”
“That is why all great men are modest: they consistently measure themselves not in comparison to other people but to the idea of perfection ever present in their minds, an ideal infinitely clearer and greater than any common people have, and they also realize how far they are from fulfilling their ideal.”
“We should have done more damage to the Iraqi forces before they withdrew from the Kuwaiti theater.”
“You have to be vigilant about keeping your own fire alive.”
“I never wanted to be famous and the only part I like is that it means people are reading my books and listening to me on TV and radio.”
“Pleasure is a manifestation of self-re-creation. Pleasure is worship because it replenishes the soul.”
“Never, ever ask a former clergyman to say the blessing over a holiday dinner. Not if you like your dinner warm, anyway.”

Source : "Blue Christmas". Book by Mary Kay Andrews, 2006.

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