Deaths From Disease

"In darkness and in hedges I sang my sour tone and all my love was howling conspicuously alone."

"After experience taught me that all the ordinary Surroundings of social life are futile and vain;"

"You seem to be all finished, so We'll plug your old recalcitrant anus And tie up your discouraged penis In a great, snow-white bow of gauze."

"God knows, I am very unequal to the task, destitute of all spiritual talents, void of all acquired knowledge, and unprovided with any Brother Laborers to carry on the work I wish to begin. But, as with the grace of God all things are possible."

"She spent time here to celebrate our successes, helped us in the House to make sure education was appropriately funded for all students, helped with fundraising, helped set up a scholarship herself. Most important she believed in us, because her daughter went to school here. She was an active participant as a representative and as a parent."

"Ellen was passionate about energy and environmental issues. Going back to when we were first married in 1973; she was always looking for a way to move on those issues. It’s what led directly to her entering politics."

"She was a wonderful friend to the Abington School District."

"Her husband of 36 years, Robert Stiratelli, said that his wife was a very committed advocate of the community."

"It always seemed to me like if there was an event where people needed her support or recognition, she was there. Whether it was Eagle Scout ceremonies, weddings, funerals, speaking at a public event, that was one of her top priorities, to be there."

"I just felt like Ellen and the community were synonymous many times during those years."

"Many people ask themselves: why did it happen? What is the meaning? Does it make sense? Is there an answer? After days of prayer and meditation on God's Word, we understand that an answer will always be partial and possible only starting from our faith. So we ask Catholics and all people of good will to remain firm in faith, to defend the values, proposing a culture of peace and harmony"

"Buddy Rich named Karen as his favorite pop drummer, and Buddy famously did not give out compliments. As an egomaniac, he might have bestowed this compliment because her style and technique is very much like his: monster chops, flash, and musicality. Oh, and she sings at the same time! Because she was such an amazing singer (coupled with a healthy dose of sexism), she was muscled off her instrument of choice and into the role of singer and frontwoman for The Carpenters. The hits followed and so did her tragic demise. First and foremost, Karen was a wildly talented drummer, and sadly she was never afforded the accolades she deserved, or revered for the drumming talent that she was."

"Younger generations might remember the song ["Roundabout" by Yes] as a meme. But no matter how you got to it, there's no denying that [it] is one of the most important rock pieces of all time. Just take a listen to that bass, performed by Chris Squire."

"In the world of progressive rock, Squire was a relative superstar, which is saying quite a lot. He co-founded legendary prog-rockers Yes, which he was part of, in some form, for almost a half-decade. Squire was known for having a melodic touch to his bass playing, which proved highly influential to many prog rock/metal bassists that followed."

"The Franciscan Missions (whose memory and whose remains in the second century of their existence are still treasured not by California alone, but by the whole country) having been lately confiscated in the name of "secularization", the missionaries driven away and their flocks largely dispersed, it was evident that his work was simply to create all that a new order of things called for, an order as unique as a bishop ever had to encounter."

"At the outset of his administration he made the cause of Catholic education his special endeavour."

"I could never stop writing. It is with me every day, I never forget it. I edit in my mind whatever I hear or read. I pick up what people say, how they say it."

"I did not want to be insensitive to my culture, I did not want to be insulting, but I wanted to be as honest and realistic as possible."

"I do not care much what the United States says about the insecurity of other countries, because they to not distinguish themselves primarily to be "ambassadors of peace.""

"Youths, it would seem, (a majority of them) have not let themselves be drawn by the theanthropic values of the Gospel. The most open path is directed towards goodness as welcome, comprehension and empathy. Goodness will be for them (as for many others) an efficacious sign to conquer them for the noble causes of today's society."

"Through the scattering, thinning mist the horizon was magically filling with ships—ships of every size and description, ships that casually maneuvered back and forth as though they had been there for hours. There appeared to be thousands of them. It was a ghostly armada that somehow had appeared from nowhere. Pluskat stared in frozen disbelief, speechless, moved as he had never been before in his life. At that moment the world of the good soldier Pluskat began falling apart. He says in those first moments he knew, calmly and surely, that "this was the end for Germany." "Block," said Pluskat, "it’s the invasion. There must be ten thousand ships out there." Block said, "What way are these ships heading?" Pluskat, phone in hand, looked out the aperture of the bunker and reported, "Right for me.""

"What I write about is not war but the courage of man."

"A bone stuck in our throats."

"Adel Imam traces a “fine line between anger and sarcasm” and is an “actor who believes in life, in freedom, in challenges and thereby brings us a sense of optimism even in the darkest moments.”"

"Sentiments that spring forth in our children are distinct from the examples given on television which are rooted in selfishness, violence and hatred. They have no right to manipulate our children with high-quality sitcoms that hook parents and kids, teaching them the worst sentiments: anger, vengeance, or premature love."

"(Mais) la conscience, mon pauvre ami, c’est comme les gants de Suède : ça se porte sale."

"Il faut donner, donner, donner !"

"Du luxe, des haillons, de la clarté, des cris Et de la fange. C’est le trottoir de Paris !"

"(Et) l’unique bonheur auquel on peut prétendre En ce monde, est de croire et non pas de comprendre."

"Le temps qui s’écoule fait bien ; Et mourir ne doit être rien, Puisque vivre est si peu de chose."

"Oh! comme les oiseaux doivent mourir l’hiver! Pourtant, lorsque viendra le temps des violettes, Nous ne trouverons pas leurs délicats squelettes Dans le gazon d’avril, où nous irons courir. Est-ce que les oiseaux se cachent pour mourir?"

"(Que) la loi du devoir est une loi d’amour."

"(Car) le poète a pour monnaie Des étoiles dans son gousset."

"Le vicomte, percé d’une longueur de lame, Tomba, fit un sursaut ou deux, et rendit l’âme. Alors, en rajustant au vainqueur son pourpoint, L’un des soldats lui dit: ::Vous le haïssiez? :::— Point. — Peut-on vous demander la cause de l’affaire? — La couleur des cheveux qu’il convient qu’on préfère. Il était pour les noirs, moi je suis pour les blonds. — Vous avez été vif, mon gentilhomme… Allons! Pour cheveux blonds ou noirs faut-il qu’on se courrouce? — C’est vrai, dit le bretteur, car ma maîtresse est rousse."

"Parfois, dans un coin triste et noir pousse une fleur."

"I place my trust in the impenetrable spaces, impassable mud, and the mercy of Saint Nicholas Mirlikisky, Protector of Holy Russia."

"The only expectation I have is that I can serve men and God. I am not worried about what activity I will have. I will certainly be able to confess, listen and advise. For 48 years I have been a missionary in Patagonia. Now I feel that this appeal has been renewed in me: "Leave your land," because Patagonia is my land. It amazed me to hear again that call with such force and I was surprised to think that God has a new project for an 81-year-old."

"I have been amazed to see the constant flow of pilgrims who come to show their devotion to Mary from all over the continent and this is a sort of mark of our people. This is for me an example and an encouragement for my own personal life of faith."

"The answer is to live to its fullest our faith in Jesus and to openly proclaim the supreme gift of God to humanity: grace and salvation through Jesus made man. The answer is to live our ecclesial life in Jesus more intensely, and openly proclaim the message of salvation, clearly and boldly, without disputes between churches and in the joy of our Catholic identity."

"We must start anew from the Paschal Event to encounter our European culture. Christianity carries in its heart a "death of God", a night, that went beyond any cultural proclamation of the nothingness or of the "death of God". In the reason for Christ on the Cross we can find all the reasons of man. I believe that this is the most breathtaking point in the encounter between Christian annunciation and our European culture."

"Time to me this truth has taught ('Tis a treasure worth revealing), More offend from want of thought, Than from any want of feeling."

"Tripping down the field-path, Early in the morn, There I met my own love 'Midst the golden corn; Autumn winds were blowing, As in frolic chase, All her silken ringlets Backward from her face; Little time for speaking Had she, for the wind, Bonnet, scarf, or ribbon, Ever swept behind.Still some sweet improvement In her beauty shone; Every graceful movement Won me,—one by one! [...] Little time for wooing Had we, for the wind Still kept on undoing What we sought to bind. [...] Still I see the field-path;— Would that I could see Her whose graceful beauty Lost is now to me!"

"Our paradise is not linked to a specific place, or a concrete time. It is not tied to vacations, nor does it consist of having many things within reach, nor is it attained by giving free rein to our passions. It is not the property of a few, and is not obtained by human effort alone. The New Testament reveals the last secret of this divine plan for man's happiness: Jesus Christ is our happiness, he is our Paradise."

"The development of foreign ministries further restricted the scope for summitry. But rulers often retained their own private diplomatic networks. Louis XV was a prime example, while Frederick the Great of Prussia created his own Kabinett, or private office, and took over the most important business from the Foreign Office. Not surprisingly, Frederick also tried his hand at summitry: seeking a rapprochement with Austria after the Seven Years War, he met the emperor Joseph II at Neisse in 1769 and Neustadt in 1770."

"A prince is the first servant and the first magistrate of the State."

"Un prince est le premier serviteur et le premier magistrat de l’État."

"I took a pen, which lay on the Doctor’s table, and begged M. Duclos to repeat to me all the names he had mentioned, and the eulogium he had bestowed on each. “If,” said he, “you show that to the Marquise, tell her how the conversation arose, and that I did not say it in order that it might come to her ears, and eventually, perhaps, to those of another person. I am an historiographer, and I will render justice, but I shall, also, often inflict it.”—“I will answer for that,” said the Doctor, “and our master will be represented as he really is. Louis XIV liked verses, and patronised poets; that was very well, perhaps, in his time, because one must begin with something; but this age will be very superior to the last. It must be acknowledged that Louis XV, in sending astronomers to Mexico and Peru, to measure the earth, has a higher claim to our respect than if he directed an opera. He has thrown down the barriers which opposed the progress of philosophy, in spite of the clamour of the devotees: the Encyclopaedia will do honour to his reign.”"

"After us, the deluge!"

"Après nous le déluge!"

"The Duc de V—— was a nobleman of high rank and great wealth. He said to the King one evening at supper, “Your Majesty does me the favour to treat me with great kindness: I should be inconsolable if I had the misfortune to fall under your displeasure. If such a calamity were to befall me, I should endeavour to divert my grief by improving some beautiful estates of mine in such and such a province;” and he thereupon gave a description of three or four fine seats. About a month after, talking of the disgrace of a Minister, he said, “I hope your Majesty will not withdraw your favour from me; but if I had the misfortune to lose it, I should be more to be pitied than anybody, for I have no asylum in which to hide my head.” All those present, who had heard the description of the beautiful country houses, looked at each other and laughed. The King said to Madame de Pompadour, who sat next to him at table, “People are very right in saying that a liar ought to have a good memory.”"