Okay, so--our terror level (as explained by the lovely anchors here on the CNN show I happen to be watching) here in the USA (according to everyone's favorite nifty color bar scale) is somewhere between orange and yellow, so I'm thinking it's a nice peach color. That's right, folks. The nation is currently in a high state of cute.--Meghan (eloquently at GJ), 8/2/04

Don't wait for the light to appear at the end of the tunnel. Stride down there, and light the bloody thing yourself!--Sara Henderson

I'm in love with an animated fourteen year old. There is a spot in hell for people like me.--me, about my unexplicable crush on Danny Phantom, 8/6/04

Deep down, a cynic is a sentimental fool who's been burned.--anonymous

They went around to the back of the car and I sat in the front seat, slamming the door harder than I should have. I did hate Elizabeth Gunderson, and I hated the fact that God gave me virginity just so I'd have to lose it someday and I even hated Christmas, just because I could.--Halley, Someone Like You

Hopeless romantics are only hopeless in the eyes of those who don't believe in romance.--anonymous

Sure, you're supposed to have total recall of who won the Battle of Hastings and what motivated Hamlet. And probably you should be able to label all five Great Lakes. Perhaps you can... Perhaps it's easier to remember that first kiss. Or the time you and your friends couldn't stop laughing in math class. Or your locker combination or cafeteria mystery meat or the scintillating scent in the air when you-know-who glided past your desk... Or maybe it's easier to remember the thrill of passing the final or the fun of the last homecoming game or hugging your best friends in the world goodbye and knowing you'd be in touch forever... But still, wondering just a little... Will we always remember?--unknown

Love and electricity are one in the same, my dear. If you do not feel the jolt in your soul every time a kiss is shared, a whisper is spoken, a touch is felt, then you're not really in love at all.--C. J. Franks

What is love? As far as I can tell, it is passion, admiration and respect. If you have two, you have enough. If you have all three, you don't have to die to go to heaven.--William Wharton

There are some people in this world that are just so completely and unnervingly hot, that it makes me want to swallow my own tongue. [...] You know the ones. They make your ovaries explode like an atom bomb every time you see them. They force your mouth to go dry. You shiver just a little bit. If you see them in person and they look your way, you have one of two options: A) to openly drool, or B) to duck your head and pretend they can't see you. They literally make your heart stop. You can't remember your own name, birthdate, or what country you live in. Oh and if they speak? You're frozen in some quasi-time loop that makes the moment stop and afterwards you can't remember what they said, only that they have a really nice voice.--Emy (wonderdawg at LJ), 8/19/04

The mark of a true crush is that you fall in love first and look for reasons afterward.--anonymous

It takes a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone... but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.--anonymous

Let's become little old ladies together--we'll stay up late looking at old pictures, telling "remember when" stories, and laughing till our sides ache. Let's become eccentric together--the kind of old ladies who take long walks, wear silly hats, and get away with acting outrageous in public places. And if anybody should ask how long we've been friends, we'll say, "Oh, forever--since before you were even born!" Let's become little old ladies together--because a friendship that's as special as ours can only grow better through the years.--Jennifer Fujita

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.--William Jennings Bryan

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.--Napoleon Bonaparte

The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.--Socrates

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.--Gandhi

We must learn to live together as brothers, or perish together as fools.--Martin Luther King, Jr.

Some people say they haven't yet found themselves. But the self is not something one finds; it is something one creates.--Thomas Szasz

Substitute "damn" every time you�re inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.--Mark Twain