Quote of the Day: 31 October 2023 #QotD

“Never did tombs look so ghastly white; never did cypress, or yew, or juniper so seem the embodiment of funeral gloom; never did tree or grass wave or rustle so ominously; never did bough creak so mysteriously; and never did the far-away howling of dogs send such a woeful presage through the night.” -John Seward, Dracula
[Happy Halloween!]

Quote of the Day: 30 October 2023 #QotD

“I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition, or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. Darkness had no effect upon my fancy; and a church-yard was to me merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm.” -Victor Frankenstein, Frankenstein
['Tis the season for fear. Or at least the safe fear that presents no actual danger.]

Quote of the Day: 29 October 2023 #QotD

“Choose to be with people and go to places where righteousness is found. Find your strength in numbers. Find good friends. Be good friends. Support one another wherever you are. Stand with holy people.” -Gary E. Stevenson

Quote of the Day: 28 October 2023 #QotD

“Easier to get people to hate than to get them to love.” -Manuel Garcia O’Kelly-Davis, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
[And that is the key to gaining power.]

Quote of the Day: 27 October 2023 #QotD

“If your friends are contractual, you don’t have any.” -Hobbes, Calvin and Hobbes
[Friendships, at least true friendships, have to based on mutual respect and affection. Nothing else will truly substitute for those.]

Quote of the Day: 26 October 2023 #QotD

“[M]ass shootings are scary, but government oppression is much scarier and the only thing standing between us & government oppression is the 2nd Amendment. We are not too advanced to become oppressed[.]” -Colion Noir
[Scary events happen all the time. But we can't surrender our rights just because scary things happen. The government can't protect us, and even if they could, they wouldn't. You are responsible for your own protection. Not anyone else.]

Quote of the Day: 25 October 2023 #QotD

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” -Jordan Baker, The Great Gatsby
[Things have finally started cooling off again here. Fall really is my favorite time of year.]