Why does a person even get up in the morning? You have breakfast, you floss your teeth so you'll have healthy gums in your old age, and then you get in your car and drive down I-10 and die. Life…

Quote by Barbara Kingsolver

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.

Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.

What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are,...

What you lose in blindness is the space around you, the place where you are,...

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that...

The important thing isn't the house. It's the ability to make it. You carry that...

What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and...

What keeps you going isn't some fine destination but just the road you're on, and...

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long...

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long...

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around...

We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around...

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Sometimes the strength of motherhood is greater than natural laws.

Terms like that, Humane Society, are devised with people like me in mind, who don't...

Terms like that, Humane Society, are devised with people like me in mind, who don't...

It's surprising how much of memory is built around things unnoticed at the time

It's surprising how much of memory is built around things unnoticed at the time

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you...

The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you...

It wasn't a matter of courage or dreams, but something a whole lot simpler. A...

It wasn't a matter of courage or dreams, but something a whole lot simpler. A...

People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a...

People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a...

I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses...

I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses...

Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.

Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off.

Codi: So you think we all just have animal dreams. We can't think of anything...

Codi: So you think we all just have animal dreams. We can't think of anything...

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.

Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin.

It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.

It's surprising how much memory is built around things unnoticed at the time.

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful...

Do not trust your memory; it is a net full of holes; the most beautiful...

We all hate those moments right before we sleep when we are forced to think...

We all hate those moments right before we sleep when we are forced to think...