ADVICE:
"Don't eat the yellow snow."--that one's just common sense.
Unless you like the yellow snow . . . in that case, I don't wanna know.
"You've got to write something that you're embarassed to write."
--Michael Hasty, at a semi-recent Ice Mt. Writer's meeting.
"When tempest-toss'd, embrace chaos."
--Dean R. Koontz, one of those little 'Book of Counted Sorrows' quotes in "Dragon Tears."
"The only person you need to try to be better than is the one you used to be."
--Steph aka Mom(she gets pretty profound from time to time!).
"If you're having trouble sleeping, I'll tell you how to fall asleep. What you do is forgive yourself."
--Gina Berriault.
"You'd better free your mind instead . . ."--the Beatles.
"If reality bites, bite it back."--Hag the Invincible.
"People get ideas from other ideas. Express yourself!"--Emily (my sis!)
"Wish on an airplane--stars don't go nowhere."--Hag
"Do the next thing."--Spider Jack Koerner; quoted by Spider Robinson, somewhere in the Callahan series.
"Don't sculpt the butter."--either Mom or Hag, forget which (was an admonition to someone who actually was
messing about in the butter, but I'm sure it means something profound.
"If at first you don't succeed, lower your standards."--Hag the Invincible.
"Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug . . ."
--some damn country song (Star informed me it is "The Bug" by Mary Chapin Carpenter. Cool! She rocks (Mary Chapin Carpenter, that is. Although Star rocks as well . . . even if she does like country music).
"I give myself such good advice, but I very seldom follow it."--Alice, 'Alice In Wonderland.'
"When in danger, when in doubt
Run in circles, scream and shout!"
--Spider Jack Koerner, again quoted by Spider Robinson.
"There is nothing wrong with building castles in the air . . . that is where they belong. Now put foundations under them."
--Henry David Thoreau.
"Find what scares you and do it."--J. Michael Strazinsky.
"Embrace the moment--sometimes it is all we have."--Lady Signy of Stavanger, of the Shire of DragonSpine.
"Lead, follow, or get out of my flight-path."
--draconic saying, from 'Elvenblood,' by Andre Norton and Mercedes Lackey.
"The greatest skill at cards is to know when to discard."--Baltasar Gracian
"Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted."
--Dilbert (I've seen this one in action).
"Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup."
--my bumper sticker, which I got from The Bookshelf in Winchester VA (the free advertising is well-deserved; they kick ass).
"If you really want a nice guy, stop dating good-looking assholes."--source unknown, but goddess knows I've heard it a few times
( . . . even once from a good-looking asshole) (you know who you are! . . . & if you don't, email me & I'll tell you).
"Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things."--Mel.
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."--Mel again.
"After enlightenment, do the laundry."--Signy again.
"Don't burn bridges. You'll be surprised how many times you have to cross the same river."--from 'Life's Little Instruction Book.'
"You live and learn. Or you don't live long."--Robert Heinlein.
Russell: "Do you want my opinion?"
Jerry: "Will I like it?"
Russell:"Of course not. It's based in reality."
--from the movie 'Sliding Doors.'
"The best thing you've ever done for me
Is to help me take my life less seriously--
It's only life, after all . . . "
--Indigo Girls, 'Closer to Fine.'
"Hold onto sixteen
As long as you can
Changes come around real soon
Make us women and men . . . "
--John Cougar Mellancamp, 'Jack & Diane.'
"When life gives you lemmings, make lemmingade!"--Rich Hall, the guy who came up with Sniglets.
"Look around you now
You must go for what you wanted
Look at all my friends who did and got what they deserved . . . "
--Crosby, Stills, & Nash, 'Wasted On the Way.'
"Eschew obfuscation!"--not sure who said it first. I got it from my maternal grandmother, who claims it as her fave quote.
"A man should live forever or die trying."--Mike Callahan?
"Don't compromise yourself; you're all you've got."--Janis Joplin
(quoted in some Sarah Lawrence College literature a few years back, a page or so from Albert Einstein's famed "imagination" quote. Neat, huh?!)
"Don't believe everything you read. Hell, don't believe everything you write!"--me again, but I may have subconsciously borrowed it. If it sounds familiar, tell me.
"If you're trapped in a self-repeating script, it's time for rewrites. It's time to poke your head out of the dressing room and scream, 'Who wrote this shit???''."--Rich Hall again. :)
"Live fast, die young, and make a good-looking corpse!"--one way of looking at it; probably originally quoted to me by Nick or Elvin, but I'm not sure.
"'Cause if you do what you've always done
You'll always get what you always got!"--Aerosmith, 'Get A Grip.'
"Never play leapfrog with a unicorn."--Becky Kline.
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