“ You can't come in, colonel, she told him. You may be in command of your war, but I'm in command of my house. Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“ Someone has to be stoic, for the sake of, in spite of, and in the face of all those who are, not. Someone, has to be serious. Someone has to choose to forgo choice, so that there is an option left for… Justin K. McFarlane Beau
“ She put others before herself and yet you hate her. What did she do to you? Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz
“ In my view, any government whose state is perpetually at war, and remains so in spite of initiatives to make peace, is incompetent and unfit and should resign. Christina Engela
“ We are all the judges and the judged, victims of the casual malice and fantasy of others, and ready sources of fantasy and malice in our turn. And if we are sometimes accused of sins of which we are i… Iris Murdoch
“ So I can curse my pain all I want. I can try to leave it at the door. But maybe I should say grace, gnaw on its bones and thank it for nourishment instead. Maybe for now it's what's keeping me alive.… Little Bear the Bearded Lady
“ He is mad about being small when you were big, but no, that's not it, he is mad about being helpless when you were powerful, but no, not that either, he is mad about being contingent when you were nec… Donald Barthelme