Quote of the Day for 2015-12-06

"Illness is the doctor to whom we pay most heed; to kindness, to knowledge, we make promises only; pain we obey."

— Marcel Proust (1871-1922) Remembrance of Things Past, "Cities of the Plain"

The Scream by Edvard Munch (1893)

Quote of the Day for 2015-11-01

"It is always thus, impelled by a state of mind which is destined not to last, that we make our irrevocable decisions."

— Marcel Proust (1871-1922) Remembrance of Things Past, "Within a Budding Grove"

Screenshot of President George W. Bush announcing the start of the Iraq War on national television (March 19, 2003)