tread softly

You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; 

but you must approach each man by the right door. 

 ~Henry Ward Beecher, Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887

a bit of duh

Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? 

I think that is how dogs spend their lives. 

~Sue Murphy

on art

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, 

which is life, 

by artificial means and hold it fixed
so that a hundred years later, 

when a stranger looks at it, 

it moves again since it is life. 

 ~William Faulkner

on women

Women are always beautiful. 

 ~Ville Valo