A bunch of quotes

At some time in my life I'd honestly hoped love would rescue me from the cold, drafty castle I lived in. But at another point, much earlier I think, I'd quietly begun to hope for nothing at all in the way of love, so as not to be dissapointed. It works. It becomes a habit.
-Barbara Kingsolver, "Animal Dreams"

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
- Mark Twain

How do I know the past is not a fiction concieved to reconcile the difference between my state of mind and the present.
- Douglas Adams

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
- Oscar Wilde

Be who you are and say what you want, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.
- Dr. Seuss

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And you are the one who'll decide where to go...
- Dr. Seuss, "Oh, the places you'll go!"

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.
- Dr. Seuss

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.
- Lou Holtz

I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize what you heard is not what i meant.
- Robert McCloskey

The most important thing in conversation is to hear what isn't being said.
- Peter Drucker

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
- Dorothy Neville

Nice is different than good.
- Into the Woods, "I know things now"

Do you know what you wish?
Are you certain what you wish is what you want?
If you know what you want, then make a wish.
- Into the Woods, "Cinderella at the Grave"

People make mistakes
Holding to their own,
Thinking they're alone.
- Into the Woods, "No one is alone"

Go ahead, you can laugh all you want
But I got my philosophy,
Keeps my feet on the ground.
- Ben Folds, "Philosophy"

Once there was a time when all people believed in god and the Church ruled. This time is called the Dark Ages.