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Falling in love.
One day, when I was on a visit to London, the great newspaperman Lord
In the sumptuous dining room, the conversation ranged over many themes:
I couldn't be sure he wasn't pulling my leg, but then I sensed that the
Then I told him and the others a parable about a pre-natal baby tucked
"The baby might stubbornly say, 'I don't want to leave here. I'm warm,
"But he is born. He does die out of his present life. And what does he
He is welcomed, cared for, and says, 'How foolish it was. This is a
"Then he goes on to enjoy the delights of childhood. He grows into youth
"The years pass, with the strength of manhood, the achievement of middle
"And he might remonstrate: 'But I don't want to die. I have my loved ones.
"But in natural course he does die. What happens then? Is God, the Creator, suddenly going
Laughing so hard your face hurts.
Watching a child do something for the first time after you taught them.
A great idea.
A hot shower.
A hug.
Clean sheets.
Getting mail.
Walking your dog.
Going out to dinner.
Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
A long distance phone call.
Birthday cakes.
Getting invited to a dance.
Clean laundry.
A care package.
Hearing a song that reminds you of someone you love.
Watching a beautiful sunset.
Hugging your mom or dad.
Being yourself.
Holding a kitten.
When your boss says, "Perfect".
When your dog jumps around because he is happy to see you.
When a friend says, "You're someone special."
A clear day at the beach.
Pay day.
An unexpected present.
Knowing someone really understands.
A surprise visit from a friend.
Seeing a shooting star.
Having your dream come true.
Life After Death
Thomson of Fleet invited me to a luncheon at The Times, with distinguished
Editors and writers, as well as prominent businessmen.
world affairs, politics British and American, the prospects for greater
prosperity. Suddenly, in the midst of much good-natured banter, Thomson
said, "Dr Peale, I am an old man, and one of these days I'm going to die."
The room became silent. "I want to know: is there an afterlife?"
question was indeed serious and weighed on his mind. "Lord Thomson," I
said, "I believe in the promises in the Bible. But beyond the biblical is
the evidence of intelligence and common sense."
beneath his mother's loving heart, "Suppose," I said, "someone came to this
unborn baby and said, 'You cannot stay here long. In a few months you
will be born, or, as you may think of it, die out of your present state.'
loved and happy. I don't want to be what you call born, or what I call
die, out of this place.'
find? He feels beneath him strong, loving arms. He looks up into a
beautiful face, tender with love, the face of his mother."
wonderful place to which I have come.'
with its excitement and romance. He marries, and knows the love of his
children.
age; the joy and wonder of life are his. Then he becomes an old man.
Someone says, 'you are going to die, or, as we call it, be born out of this
place into another.'
I love this world - the dawn and sunset, the moon, the starlight. I like
to feel the warmth of the fire on my face when cold weather comes, and to
hear the crunch of snow beneath my feet on a winter's evening. I don't
want to leave this world. I don't want to die.'"
to change His nature? Can we not assume that he
will once again feel loving arms beneath him, and once again look into a
strong , beautiful face, more lovely even than that first face he saw so long ago?"
Around this corner I have a friend
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and the weeks rush on,
And before I know it a year is gone
And I never see my old friend's face.
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well
As in the days when I rang his bell,
And he rang mine.
Yes we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow" I say, "I will call on Jim"
"Just to show I'm thinking of him." But
Tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes, And
Distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner! - Yet miles away,
"Here's a telegram Sir - Jim died today."
And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
"Invent a wise saying and live forever!" -Anonymous.
Accept me for what I am - completely unacceptable.
All my friends tell me peer pressure is cool.
Anarchy is against the law.
And now a word for dog lovers, - "kinky".
Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.
But what if I'm a figment of MY imagination?
Close your eyes and press escape three times.
Death is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Erotic, exotic, and a wee bit psychotic...
Even if you understood women, you'd never believe it.
Guns don't kill people, it's those little holes.
Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defence.
I didn't believe in reincarnation the last time, either.
I like you, so I'll kill you last.
I think God owes me a great big apology.
If ignorance is bliss, is stupidity orgasmic?
A cucumber doesn't care if you're a virgin.
If it screams it's not food, yet.
It's hard to be humble with genitals like mine.
It's lonely at the top, but you eat better.
It's never too late to go back to bed.
My mission in life is to satisfy nymphomaniacs.
Never put off till tomorrow what your slave can do today.
Nothing political is correct.
Okay, I'm basically evil, granted...
Okay, the fat lady is singing - Get out.
Okay, who turned reality back on?
On the average, everybody has one testicle.
On the other hand, Rome was burnt in a day.
Only those who attempt the absurd achieve the impossible.
Save the world too often, it begins to expect it.
Should I laugh or worry?
The day after tomorrow is the 3rd day of the rest of your life.
The universe is alive and it knows where you are.
The voices in my head really like you.
There's that fate thing again.
Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
Who peed in YOUR gene pool?
Why do good-looking blondes dye their roots black?
With humans it's abortion, but with chickens it's an omelette
You! What planet is this?
Please God...
Give me the chance to prove that winning the lottery won't spoil me.
Field Marshall Bernard L. Montgomery, the Allied Forces Commander during World War II said:
"Give me 20 Divisions of American Soldiers and I will beach Europe.
Give me 15 consisting of Englishmen and I will advance to the borders of Berlin.
Give me two divisions of those marvellous fighting Boers and I will remove Germany from the face of the Earth."
Montgomery's American counterpart General George "Guts and Glory" Patton said:
"The Americans fight for a free world;
the English mostly for Honour and Glory and Medals;
the French and the Canadians decide too late that they have to participate;
the Italians are too scared to fight;
the Russians have no choice; the Germans for the Fatherland.
The Boers? Those sons of bitches fight for the hell of it!"
A thermodynamics professor had written a take home exam for his graduate students. It had one question: "Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)? Support your answer with a proof."
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools off when it expands and heats up when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So, we need to know the rate that souls are moving into Hell and the rate they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today. Some of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there are more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all people and all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially.
Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand as souls are added. This gives two possibilities:
1). If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2). Of course, if Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Ms. Therese Banyan during my freshman year; "That it will be a cold night in Hell before I sleep with you." And take into account the fact that I still have not succeeded in having sexual relations with her, then #2 cannot be true, and so Hell is exothermic.
The student got the only A.
A hug is the perfect gift, one size fits all, everyone likes them and no-one cares if it is given back
"You know that place between asleep and awake? Where you still remember dreaming? That's where I will always think of you."
-Tinkerbell
Promise you won't forget me, because if I thought you would, I'd never leave."
-Winnie the Pooh
A hug from a friend in time of need is like the feeling you get when the song in your head comes out on the radio
Don't want to leave, but we both know sometimes it's better to go. Somehow I know we'll meet again, not sure quite where and I don't know just when. You're in my heart, so until then, smile, don't want to cry saying goodbye
A friend is an angel, a gift from god
A true friend wants nothing more from you than the pleasure of your company
And Pooh said to Piglet "Life is so much friendlier with two."
If you should die before me, ask if you could bring a friend
You just reminded me of what's really important in life, friends, best friends
How lucky I am to have known someone who was so hard to say goodbye to
A friend is someone who reaches for your hand, but touches your heart
No matter where you go or who you become, never forget who helped you get there. There's never a wrong time to pick up a phone or send a message telling your friends how much you miss them or how much you love them
True friendship, like God's love, has no age, no limits, and, most important of all, it is everlasting
The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had
"Lean on me when you're not strong, and I'll be your friend. I'll help you carry on. For it won't be long 'til I'm gonna need somebody to lean on"
Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. "Pooh!" he whispered.
"Yes, Piglet?"
"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you."
A.A. Milne
It's not so hard to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for
Greater love hath no man than this; that he gave up his life for his friends.
"What would you do if I sang out of tune?
Would you stand up and walk out on me?
...I get by with a little help from my friends.
The star catcher grinned and whispered a plan, "I'll catch all the stars that I possibly can. Then give them to all of my friends so they will truly see how sparkling and special they are to me."
Like each individual star. Your friendship brightens my life
You're sweeter than sugar, way better than spice,
It's people like me that think you're quite nice.
You show the difference,
You show you care.
It's people like you that are getting so rare
An Angel wrote, "Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart."
If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you have made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand
If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I would not follow; I would be at the bottom to catch them when they fall
"I Love You" means I care about you, I respect you, I'm honest with you, I'm faithful to you, I'm loyal to you, I'm your friend. I will not do anything to hurt you, I'm thankful for you; I'm blessed with you. I give to you without expecting anything in return, I admire you, I like you. Watch my actions closely because I will demonstrate my Love for you, I put you first in my life-even before me, I think very highly of you, I appreciate you. I will do only those things that bring happiness to you, I will avoid doing things that cause you pain, you are precious to me, you are wonderful and beautiful, I protect you, I defend you, I do not insult you. I will spend quality time with you, I trust you, I believe in you, your happiness means everything to me. I want you to be happy with or without me. I will never force myself on you, I accept the fact that you have the freedom to accept or reject me, I will always think well of you.
We are each of us Angels with only one wing, and we can only fly embracing each other.
To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic.
You come to love, not by finding the perfect person: - But by finding the imperfect person perfectly.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides
Where there is great love, there are great miracles
If the sun refused to shine I'd still be loving you...
Mountains crumble to the sea...
There would still be you and me
If I could be but one thing in this entire world, I would be your tear, to be born in your eye, to live on your cheek and to die on your lips
Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other
Who do you turn to when the only who can stop you from crying is the exact person who's making you cry?
Love starts with a smile, develops with a kiss and ends with a tear
If their smile warms your heart, embrace eases you and kiss distils all wrong done to men, then you know that you have found true love
Loving someone that doesn't love you is like reaching for a star. You know you'll never reach it but you just got to keep trying.
It's funny, most people can be around someone and gradually begin to love them and never know exactly when it happened
"If you live to be one hundred, I wish to be one hundred minus a day so I never have to live a day without you."
---Winnie the Pooh
"If you judge people, you have no time to love them."
- Mother Teresa
We always thought we'd look back on our tears and laugh, but we never thought we'd look back on our laughter and cry
If you want to be loved, love and be loved
Every man is afraid of something. That's how you know he loves you, when he is afraid of losing you
I never thought I'd find someone whose heart could read my mind
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies
Love is not blind; it sees more, not less. But because it sees more, it is willing to see less.
Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, and the romance in a relationship, and find out you still care for that person
You don't marry someone you can live with - you marry the person who you cannot live without
To love another person is to see the face of God
Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever
When a couple passes into the next world, they will become one angel. That is their fate, their destiny
The hardest part of dreaming about someone you love, is having to wake up
My heart smiled when you kissed my lips
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Last Updated May 1, 2001