A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless. – James I of England, A Counterblaste to Tobacco, 1604
Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life. – G.K. Chesterton
Emigration is no longer a solution its a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but theyre knocking on doors that are not open. – Tahar Ben Jelloun
I never thought my marriage could be stronger, or I could be closer to Bill. We prayed on our own, but now we prayed together and youll never know how much that means until you do it. – Giuliana Rancic
