“ Does everyone turn into a truculent thirteen-year-old when they go home, or is it just me? Arabella Weir Comedienne
“ Pain hardens, and great pain hardens greatly, whatever the comforters say, and suffering does not ennoble, though it may occasionally lend a certain rigid dignity of manner to the suffering frame. A. S. Byatt Novelist
“ The trouble with traditional American conservatism is that it lacks a naturally cheerful, optimistic disposition. Not only does it lack one, it regards signs of one as evidence of unsoundness, irresponsibility. Irving Kristol Columnist
“ You’re optimistic one moment, only to be racked the next by the certainty that it will all fall to pieces. And in the end it does. Haruki Murakami Writer
“ But as the cerebellum degrades with age, so does the quality of memories. The memories are there, but they're not as good. Bill Nye Educator