� I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more. I cry a lot because I miss people. They die and I can't stop them. They leave me and I love them more. ...more � � Maurice Sendak

� This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him. � � Jonathan Swift

� For humans-trapped in biology-there was no mercy: we lived a while, we fussed around for a bit and died, we rotted in the ground like garbage. Time destroyed us all soon enough. But to destroy, or lose, a deathless thing-to break bonds stronger than the temporal-was a metaphysical uncoupling all its own, a startling new flavor of despair. � � Donna Tartt