“Nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges from the good old days.” — Doug Larson

“There are no beautiful houses on easy street.[ed]” — John Paul Warren

“Break a vase, and the love that reassembles the fragments is stronger than that love which took its symmetry for granted when it was whole.” — Derek Walcott

“Abnormal is so common, it’s practically normal.” — Cory Doctorow