Quote I Love: This rabble you’re talking about

“Just remember this, Mr. Potter, that this rabble you’re talking about… they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath? Anyway, my father didn’t think so. People were human beings to him.”

-George Bailey, It’s a Wonderful Life

Quote I Love: Something so right and simple

“It just seems silly to me that something so right and simple has to be fought for at all.”

Gregory Peck, as a presenter at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) awards ceremony in 1997.

Quote From My Life: See Dick Run

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I was working on a new scene for my serial novel today and was getting frustrated after the first 300 words. I went out to the living room, lay down on the couch, and put my head on my sweetie’s lap. Here’s how the conversation went.

Her: “How’s it going?

Me: “Like crap.”

“Why?”

“Everything I write sucks.”

“Is it a first draft?”

“Yes.”

“Well then, it’s just important to get the ideas down. You can fix the writing later. So you say, ‘See Dick run into Dick’s dick.’ You can rewrite it later. Although I’m not sure why you’d want two characters named Dick.”

That got me laughing. I went back into the office to write some more.

Gotta love these little motivational talks with my sweetie. Thanks, hon!

Quote I Love: The Measure of a Man

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

–Martin Luther King Jr.

Quote I Love: Love and the Ride

“Love doesn’t make the world go round. Love is what makes the ride worthwhile” – Unknown