User:Thorwald

Former SGA. Born to Family parents in 1976.

Some of my favorite quotes

• A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. — Mark Twain
• Those who trade a little freedom for a little security will lose both and deserve neither. — Thomas Jefferson
• People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it — George Bernard Shaw
• How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be When there's no help in truth! — Sophocles, Oedipus Rex
• They had not persuaded me . . . but they had troubled me. Their arguements had shaken me without ever convincing me. It is hard to prevent oneself from believing what one so keenly desires. — Rousseau
• What a man desires to be true he also believes to be true. — Demosthenes
• Nature abhors a vacuum or Nature abhors a wrinkle — Akins
• Science is the art of asking the right questions — author unknown
• Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes. — Thoreau
• Marriage Ceremony: An incredible metaphysical sham of watching God and the law being dragged into the affairs of your family. — O. C. Ogilvie
• I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member. — Groucho Marx
• You know you are being fair and balanced when everybody hates you. — author unknown

Comes The Dawn

After awhile, you learn:

the subtle difference

between holding a hand

and chaining a soul.

and you learn:

that love doesn't mean leaning

and company doesn't mean security.

And you begin to accept your defeats

with your head held high and your eyes open,

with the grace of a woman or a man -

not the grief of a child.

And you learn to build your roads on today

becasue tomorrow's ground

is too uncertain for plans.

And futures have a way of falling down

in mid-flight.

After awhile you learn:

that even sunshine burns if you get too much.

So you plant your own garden,

and decorate your own soul,

instead of waiting for someone else to bring you

flowers.

And you learn:

that you really can endure,

that you really are strong,

and that you really do have worth.

And you learn,

and you learn

and you learn

with every good-bye,

you learn.

- Veronica A. Shofstall

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