Daniel > Daniel's Quotes

“This is a strange place, and extraordinary place, and interesting. There is nothing resembling it at home. The people are all insane, the other animals are all insane, the earth is insane, Nature itself is insane.”
― Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings

“Nay, it is of one hymn alone. The words are always the same, in number they are only about a dozen, there is no rhyme, there is no poetry: "Hosannah, hosannah, hosannah, Lord God of Sabaoth, 'rah! 'rah! 'rah! siss! -- boom! ... a-a-ah!”
― Mark Twain, Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings

“I’ll close on the platypus by stating an alternative theory that I’ve come up with: the Flying Spaghetti Monster made the platypus because, unlike scientists, He has a sense of humor. It’s an unlikely sign from God—and until someone can prove me wrong, that’s my theory.”
― Bobby Henderson, The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

“To me, this book is sort of like a snakeskin. A snakeskin is something you might find on the side of the road and make something out of—a belt, say, or a hatband. The snake itself heads off doing more snake stuff—getting it on with lady snakes, eating rats, making more snakeskins, et cetera.”
― Jeff Bridges, The Dude and the Zen Master

“My fingers curl into fists, automatically This is the way, my mother said, of every baby’s hand. I do not know if these hands will become Malcolm’s—raised and fisted or Martin’s—open and asking or James’s—curled around a pen.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming

“Aunt Lucinda, Miss Bell and whatever neighbor has a breath or two left at the end of the day for sitting and running our mouths.”
― Jacqueline Woodson, Brown Girl Dreaming

“Experience is what you get just after you need it.”
― Campbell Walker, Your Head is a Houseboat: A Chaotic Guide to Mental Clarity