Quote of the Day: 17 February 2026 #QotD

“Apparently, you can’t patent assault.” -Rat, Pearls Before Swine
[More's the pity. Though, if you could it probably would have been by now.]

Quote of the Day: 16 February 2026 #QotD

“Both the characteristic modern parties believed in a government by the few; the only difference is whether it is the Conservative few or Progressive few.” -G. K. Chesterton
[People with principles are few and far between these days. Mostly, what we have are people who have formed teams and then just try to see that their team "wins."]

Quote of the Day: 15 February 2026 #QotD

“While our Heavenly Father consistently and lovingly reminds us that we are His children, the adversary will always try to label us by our weaknesses.” -Brik V. Eyre

Quote of the Day: 14 February 2026 #QotD

“My whole life I’d thought I’d wanted to kiss a girl. Turns out being kissed by one is infinitely better.” -Kellen, Spellslinger
[Happy Valentine's Day!

It turns out, being loved feels so much better than merely loving someone. Reciprocation is intoxicating.]

Quote of the Day: 13 February 2026 #QotD

“If we must ride intae the sunset, let it be one tae savor instead of fear.” -Al MacBharrais, Candle and Crow
[Optimism is always so much more pleasant than pessimism. But it does lead to disappointment from time to time.]

Quote of the Day: 12 February 2026 #QotD

“Can it really be that someday we will read the old Lubyanka archives? No, they will bum them. They already have.” -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
[Here we have an actual instance of what Orwell envisioned in 1984. Should we be at all surprised that it happens more than this?]

Quote of the Day: 11 February 2026 #QotD

“When a group comes together around something they love it changes things. It changes how they see one another. It becomes a community. Something greater than the sum of its parts.” -Harry Dresden, Battle Ground
[And it is so nice to be a part of a community. You form connections with people and that's something humans need to function as humans.]