“Why do you go away? So that you can come back." ~ Terry Pratchett, "A Hat Full of Sky"

“Patriotism is a gateway drug to fascism. Tribalism is the gateway to racism.”― Oliver Markus Malloy, Inside The Mind of an Introvert

“Letting go doesn’t mean giving up, but rather accepting that there are things that cannot be.” ~ Unknown

"To grunt and sweat under a weary life,But that the dread of something after death,The undiscovered country from whose bournNo traveller returns ...."The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark, William Shakespeare, Act III, Scene I

America: A Nation of Poorly Behaved Children“The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize their teachers.”~ Socrates