“To say that one waits a lifetime for his soulmate to come around is a paradox. People eventually get sick of waiting, take a chance on someone, and by the art of commitment become soulmates, which takes a lifetime to perfect.” – Criss Jami

The only competition worthy a wise man is with himself. -Jamieson, Mrs.

Before undergoing a surgical operation, arrange your temporal affairs. You may live. -Bierce, Ambrose

Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails
and the fields produce no food,
though there are no sheep in the pen
and no cattle in the stalls,

yet I will rejoice in the LORD,
I will be joyful in God my Savior.

Die Frau ist ein menschliches Wesen, das sich anzieht, schwatzt und sich auszieht. Voltaire

Sometimes a whisper speaks volumes. -Sheddan, Scott

“What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.”
Ellen Glasgow quotes

O SWEET everlasting Voices, be still;
Go to the guards of the heavenly fold
And bid them wander obeying your will,
Flame under flame, till Time be no more;
Have you not heard that our hearts are old,
That you call in birds, in wind on the hill,
In shaken boughs, in tide on the shore?
O sweet everlasting Voices, be still.

– The Everlasting Voices by William Butler Yeats

“Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There’s nothing like having a midget for a butler.” – W. C. Fields

“A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them.” – Horace Mann