MissHolmes’s most recent Quotables

They're human beings, if that's what you mean. Indulging their favorite pastime of trying to destroy each other.

All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring; renewed shall be the blade that was broken, the crownless again shall be king.

Many that live deserve death. And some die that deserve life. Can you give that to them? Then be not too eager to deal out death in the name of justice, fearing for your own safety. Even the wise cannot see all ends.

Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.

For business reasons, I must preserve the outward signs of sanity.

Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.

The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.

"I've never wished a man dead, but I've read some obituaries with great pleasure".

People who don't read...have no material advantage over those who can't.

The man who doesn’t read good books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them.

I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell - you see, I have friends in both places.

We are all stupid, just on different subjects

A woman is like a tea bag - you can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

I am who I am today because of the choices I made yesterday.

We must know what we think and speak out, even at the risk of unpopularity.

You wouldn't worry so much about what others think of you if you realized how seldom they do.

Women are like tea bags, they don't know how strong they are until they get into hot water.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.