A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying. -Pope John Paul II-

People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within. -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross-

This is as bad as it gets … but don’t count on it.

Tiger! Tiger! burning bright / In the forests of the night, / What immortal hand or eye / Could frame thy fearful symmetry? -William Blake-

He vowed to himself fervently that he would always have some money on hand, no matter what became of him, so that he would be able to protect all that was truly valuable from the practical people in the world. -Morley Callaghan, “Luke Baldwin’s Vow”-

Yesterday it worked … Today it is not working … Windows is like that. (error messages in haiku)

Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it. -Dan Quayle-