| \( Beautiful Oblivion )/ |
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| The Words of Others |
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| ...please stand by... |
| "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." ~ Douglas Adams |
| "I don't really trust a sane person." ~ Lyle Alzado |
| "Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful.The transition can often be troublesome." ~ Isaac Asimov |
| "It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend." ~ William Blake |
| �A person who trusts no one c a n n o t b e t r u s t e d.� ~ Jerome Blattner |
| "The best way to keep one's word is not to give it." ~ Napoleon Bonaparte |
| "I believe in whatever gets you through the night. Night is the hardest time to be alive. For me, anyway. It lasts so long, and four AM knows all my secrets. Four AM is when my dreams die." -- Ann (Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite) |
| "You know what the saddest thing in the world is? Loving someone who used to love you." -- Darla |
| "What is a poet? A poet is an unhappy being whose heart is torn by secret sufferings but his lips are so strangely formed that, when the sighs and cries escape him, it sounds like beautiful music." -- Fran Healy |
| "I hate and I love. Perchance you ask why I do that. I know now, but I feel that I do and I am tortured (O di et amo. Quare id facium fortasse requiris. Nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.)" -- Catullus |
| "I feel you there, in every pore. Your silence clamors in my ears. You can nail up your mouth, cut your tongue out - but you can't prevent your being there." -- Inez, No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre |
| "The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood." -- Acts 2:20 (The Bible) |
| "What if the clock said 6:92 instead of 6:30? Would you be scared?" -- Naomi Nye |
| "Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives." -- William Dement |
| "Lovely girl, you're the murder in my world, dressing coffins for the souls I've left to die." -- Smashing Pumpkins |
| "I'll be waving my hand, watching you drown, watching you scream... no one's around." -- Our Lady Peace |
| "Either way you turn I'll be there. Open up your skull, I'll be there climbing up the walls." -- Radiohead |
| "I like to drink my watercolor water." -- Ghost ( Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite) |
| "I am not your savior, I'm just as fucked as you." -- Stabbing Westward |
| "I know I can love you much better than this, but I feel like letting go." -- Sarah McLachlan |
| The Words of Acquaintences |
| "Relationships fade, but good sex lasts forever." -- Zack |
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| "I swear it's not a vibrator... it's just an electric razor!" -- Barbie |
| "Oh just take your pants off, Kitten." -- Mark |
| "Alice, what are you on... and what did you just take off ?!" -- Michelle |
| "If I knew you better, I'd show you my ass." -- Dan |
| "Oooh, baby. Come on work for me, baby... please." -- Mr. Holmes (to the printer in the computer lab) |
| "There is no such thing as a bad word, only rotten people and inappropriate moments." -- Mrs. Fowler, literature teacher |
| "I've seen 5AM so many times and in so many colors." -- Lauren |
| "Four out of five voices in my head said, 'Go for it!'" -- Kitten |
| "You don't want to be an individual. Individuals diiie." -- Dr. Ramsey, AP History Teacher |
| "Damnit, why do -I- always have to be the lesbian?" --JJ complaining during Drama improvs |
| "How long does the strobe effect last?" "What strobe effect?" (Lauren) --(The first time Jay succesfully tripped on acid, after having been staring into the naked face of a strobe light for the better part of an hour.) |
| "Scars are the most sincere form of body art." -- Lauren |
| "God damn it, I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it!" -- Kitten |
| "I think I'm invisible now. Can you guys see me?" -- Crystal, after quite a bit of wine. |
| "I was waiting for the universe to dispense some justice. Then I realized that the universe is too damn slow. But putting Nair in a shampoo bottle only takes a few minutes." -- Kitten |
| "Come'on.. It's Dr. Pepper.. Liquid Sex!" -- George |
| "That sucks -- he's my ride home!" -- Matt, upon seeing his friend break an ankle during a basketball game. |
| "I'm still confident that it will not rain today. And I'm not saying that because I'm blond." -- Ali, after a whole day in the pouring rain at an amusement park. |
| "I'm not bitter, just vengeful." -- Kitten |
| "That's interesting in its own.. little.. way." --Lauren |
| "I love you. You bring me cheese. May God be with you, my child." -- A drunken Kate, after a friend brought her string cheese. |
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| "Trees have wood!" --JJ after his first beer |
| "Yow.. Kitten, that -hurts-!" "And you said this wouldn't be fun.." --Jake and Kitten |
| Happiness--an agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another. -- Ambrose Bierce. |
| "Male, The--a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things." -- Jilly Cooper. |
| "Honesty--the best policy--unless you happen to be an exceptionally good liar." -- Jerome K. Jerome. |
| "Flirts--Women whose favourite man is... the next one." -- Justin Peters |
| "Enemy--a friend you got wise to." -- Gene Perret. |
| "Charm--the ability to get the answer yes without having asked the question." -- Albert Camus. |
| "Silk--material invented so women could go naked in clothes." -- Muhammad. |
| "Bachelor--a man who never made the same mistake once." -- Anon. |
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| ...echoes in my head... |
| "You pepper hoe!" "Oh yea? You..salt.. hoe!" -- Jen and Kitten at Lunch, after Kitten stole a green pepper off Jen's slice of pizza. |
| "It's not the half disease.. it's the hoe disease!" --Shayna, with a Texan accent, coming up with a way for the CCC Expedition to be allowed back into the US. |