“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.” - Langston Hughes A...

“Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.” - Rabindranath Tagore Today is Universal Children’s Day , a...

“A robot may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm. [The Zeroth Law of Robotics]” “A robot may not in...

“At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet.” – Plato For Poetry Wednesday I continue Sunday’s theme of Eros, the ancient Greek god o...

“Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. But Jes...

“He who doesn't fear death dies only once.” - Giovanni Falcone When I was young I used to draw pictures of townscapes with skyscrape...

When Love beholds my beard that flows White as the ocean's snowy spray, He flies me swift as the eagle's flight On rustling wi...

“Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot h...

“Edible, (adjective): Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and ...

“Instruction in sex is as important as instruction in food; yet not only are our adolescents not taught the physiology of sex, but never w...

“What a cruel thing is war: To separate and destroy families and friends, and mar the purest joys and happiness God has granted us in this...

"For a list of all the ways technology has failed to improve the quality of life, please press three." - Alice Kahn The keyb...

“Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.” - George Bernard Shaw If you frequent the Gutenberg site you will k...

“Mystery is at the heart of creativity. That, and surprise.” - Julia Cameron For Art Sunday today something different. In these days of ...

“Love has no desire but to fulfill itself. To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To wake at dawn with a w...

“No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could ...

“Treason and murder ever kept together, As two yoke-devils sworn to either's purpose, Working so grossly in a natural cause That admir...

“Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression.” – Amos Bronson Alcott
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“If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.” - Pearl S. Buck Today was the Melbourne Cup , and hence a public holida...

"The desolation and terror of, for the first time, realising that the mother can lose you, or you her, and your own abysmal loneliness ...