“Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex

 

“You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read...”
― Keri Hulme, The Bone People  

 

Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable

Clare Boothe Luce
Clare Booth Luce (born March 10, 1903) had a wildly varied and successful life—as a child she understudied Mary Pickford, later she was an editor at Vanity Fair, wrote a hit play, The Women, was a noted war correspondent, served two terms in Congress, and was ambassador to Brazil. She was also a participant in some of the first LSD experiments.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams (born March 11, 1952) first came up with the idea for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy when he was traveling around Europe—inspiration struck when he was lying in a field in Austria, drunk. So long, and thanks for all the fish!