"Only a crisis—actual or perceived—produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around."

“One of my favorite things about supernatural fiction is its vast array of creatures.”

“Earnestness and sincerity are synonymous.”

“Day and night my thoughts incline To the blandishments of wine, Jars were made to drain, I think; Wine, I know, was made to drink.”

Source : Richard Henry Stoddard (1871). “The Book of the East: And Other Poems”, p.213

“If the director of the department doesn't even know what the privacy policy is, we are in trouble.”

“O Virgin most holy, none abounds in the knowledge of God except through thee; none, O Mother of God, obtains salvation except through thee, none receives a gift from the throne of mercy except through thee.”

“The way is shut. Then they halted and looked at him and saw that he lived still; but he did not look at them. The way is shut, his voice said again. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut.”

“I was not a classic mother. But my kids were never palmed off to boarding school. So, I didn't bake cookies. You can buy cookies, but you can't buy love.”

“I never smoke grass and drive my car because, for one thing, no matter how many letters I write to the road commissions, they still refuse to start designing highways with second-chance exits.”

Source : Doug Benson, Tony Camin, Arj Barker (2005). “The Marijuana-logues: Everything About Pot That We Could Remember”, p.139, Crown Archetype