The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
—Carl Sandburg, 1934
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When you drink water, think of its source.
—Chinese proverbSeize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.
—André Gide, 1897The Mediterranean has the colors of a mackerel, changeable I mean. You don’t always know if it is green or violet—you can’t even say it’s blue, because the next moment the changing light has taken on a tinge of pink or gray.
—Vincent van Gogh, 1888I detest war. It spoils armies.
—Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, c. 1820The law is established from above but becomes custom below.
—Su Zhe, c. 1100Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines or dates by which bills must be paid.
—Frank Zappa, 1989I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.
—Anaïs Nin, 1950There is not much less vexation in the government of a private family than in the managing of an entire state.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580Are we not ourselves nature, nature without end?
—Stanisław Lem, 1961Commerce has made all winds her ministers.
—John Sterling, 1843Man is always a wizard to man, and the social world is at first magical.
—Jean-Paul Sartre, 1939My own experience is that a certain kind of genius among students is best brought out in bed.
—Allen Ginsberg, 1981