Quote of the Day: 18 February 2026 #QotD

“They can dress me however they want; no matter what clothes I wear I’ll still be Sancho Panza.” -Sancho Panza, Don Quixote
[The clothes don't exactly make the man. They can reflect the man, or not, but the man in them is still whoever he is regardless.]

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?]