One of the few good things

One of the few good things about modern times: If you die horribly on television, you will not have died in vain. You will have entertained us.

- Kurt Vonnegut

Common sense and a sense of humor

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

- William James

Be near me

Be near me when my light is low,
       When the blood creeps, and the nerves prick
       And tingle; and the heart is sick, 

And all the wheels of Being slow.

- Thomas Hardy

Fragile things

There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.

- Neil Gaiman

She folds her memories like a parachute

Belfast Tune

Here's a girl from a dangerous town
She crops her dark hair short
So that less of her has to frown
When someone gets hurt.

She folds her memories like a parachute.
Dropped, she collects the peat
And cooks her veggies at home: they shoot
Here where they eat.

Ah, there's more sky in these parts than, say,
Ground. Hence her voice's pitch,
And her stare stains your retina like a gray
Bulb when you switch

Hemispheres, and her knee-length quilt
Skirt's cut to catch the squall,
I dream of her either loved or killed
Because the town's too small.

- Joseph Brodsky