By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
You are digging for the answers until your fingers bleed, to satisfy the hunger, to satiate the need…. And as you pray in your darkness for wings to set you free, you are bound to your silent legacy. – Melissa Etheridge, "Silent Legacy," Yes I Am, 1993
In the Middle Ages, they had guillotines, stretch racks, whips and chains. Nowadays, we have a much more effective torture device called the bathroom scale. – Stephen Phillips