English Literature Birthday Quotes & Sayings

Our human quest is to survive; our spiritual quest is to unite. — Asa Don Brown

I'm a militant fundamentalist atheist. I'm going to get on a crowded train, unbutton my coat and say rational things. People will be hurt. — Ricky Gervais

We are precarious. Which is to say some good things (accumulation of diverse
knowledges, skills and abilities through work and life experiences in permanent
construction), and a lot of bad ones (vulnerability, insecurity, poverty, social
exposure). — Lisa Adkins

If the other guy is getting better, then you'd better be getting better faster than the other guy is getting better ... or you're getting worse. — Tom Peters

We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep. — Queen Elizabeth II

The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying. — John Berger

It was my first time in Kansas City. In about two or three days I had a gig at a place called The Monroe Inn. — Jay McShann

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy. — Publilius Syrus

If/when I die, do not want Pam lonely. Want her to remarry, have full life. As long as new husband is nice guy. Gentle guy. Religious guy. Very caring + good to kids. But kids not fooled. Kids prefer dead dad (i.e., me) to religious guy. Pale, boring, religious guy, with no oomph, who wears weird sweaters and is always a little sad, due to, cannot get boner, due to physical ailment.
Ha ha.
Death very much on my mind tonight, future reader. Can it be true? That I will die? That Pam, kids will die? Is awful. Why were we put here, so inclined to love, when end of our story = death? That harsh. That cruel. Do not like.
Note to self: try harder, in all things, to be better person. — George Saunders