poems for sisters

The two women exchanged the kind of glance women use when no knife is handy. ~Ellery Queen



The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and beget. ~William Osler



If falsehood, like truth, had but one face, we would be more on equal terms. For we would consider the contrary of what the liar said to be certain. But the opposite of truth has a hundred thousand faces and an infinite field. ~Michel Eyquem de Montaigne



Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind. ~John F. Kennedy, 1961



In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again.... We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring. ~Enid Bagnold, Autobiography, 1969



Don't find fault. Find a remedy. ~Henry Ford



Lethargics are to be laid in the light, and exposed to the rays of the sun for the disease is gloom. ~Aretaeus



We all worry about the population explosion, but we don't worry about it at the right time. ~Arthur Hoppe



History is the open Bible: we historians are not priests to expound it infallibly: our function is to teach people to read it and to reflect upon it for themselves. ~George Macaulay Trevelyan



In America, with all its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we do not know yet whether the sun is rising or setting for our country. ~Dick Gregory, 1964



Poets are soldiers that liberate words from the steadfast possession of definition. ~Eli Khamarov, The Shadow Zone



To character and success, two things, contradictory as they may seem, must go together... humble dependence on God and manly reliance on self. ~William Wordsworth



When I die, I will not see myself die, for the first time. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin



Wish on everything. Pink cars are good, especially old ones. And stars of course, first stars and shooting stars. Planes will do if they are the first light in the sky and look like stars. Wish in tunnels, holding your breath and lifting your feet off the ground. Birthday candles. Baby teeth. ~Francesca Lia Block



You can't go through life quitting everything. If you're going to achieve anything, you've got to stick with something. ~From the television show Family Matters



Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it. ~Don Herold



I never had a man come to me for advice yet, but what I soon discovered that he thought more of his own opinion than he did of mine. ~Josh Billings



I don't care how poor a man is; if he has family, he's rich. ~Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford, M*A*S*H, "Identity Crisis,"



When you say a situation or a person is hopeless, you're slamming the door in the face of God. ~Charles L. Allen



No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety. ~Publilius Syrus