Lileks Motels Quotes & Sayings

But, well-endowed as Mrs. Rumfoord was, she still did troubled things like chaining a dog's skeleton to the wall, like having the gates of the estate bricked up, like letting the famous formal gardens turn into New England jungle. The moral: Money, position, health, handsomeness and talent aren't everything. — Kurt Vonnegut

Tired of my own company, I suppose, now I've seen so much better. — Louisa May Alcott

Here's a story, and you don't have to visit many
houses to find it. One person is talking,
the other one is not really listening.
Someone can look like they are but they're
actually thinking about something they
want to say, or their minds are just
wandering. Or they're looking at that
little box people hold in their hands these
days. And people get discouraged, so they
quit trying. And the very quiet people,
you may have noticed, are often the sad
people. — Mary Oliver

Fruit of all the kinds that the country produced were laid before him; he ate very little, but from time to time a liquor prepared from cocoa, and of an aphrodisiac nature, as we were told, was presented to him in golden cups ... I observed a number of jars, above fifty, brought in, filled with foaming chocolate of which he took some ... — Bernal Diaz Del Castillo

Think of learning as storing up supplies you may need for a harsh winter. — Shannon Hale

Beckett's gruff voice moved her veil as he spoke, Happy wedding, Whitebread. But please, don't worry about this. — Debra Anastasia

They say live and let live, do not judge, take life as it comes — James Frey

For a day, just for a day
We should swim in the love bay
We should celebrate peace day
For a whole day, just for a day.
We should think peace all the day
We should walk peaceful way
For a day, just for a peaceful day. — Debasish Mridha

Our works and our play. All our pleasures experienced as the pleasure of love. What could be better that? To feel in one's work the tender and flushed substance of one's dearest concern. — Mary Caroline Richards