Silly confession #24...

I absolutely love quotes.

There is something about them, some irresistible charm. They are language distilled into its greatest potency, expressing in a single concise statement a truth that books could be (and likely have been) written about.

Whether humorous, insightful or simply poignant, I delight to read them.

And I delight to copy them - always by hand - onto little scraps of paper and scatter them about any object that frequently meets my gaze (and that will hold still! I think I would permanently affix certain quotes to some of the people in my life if they'd let me...).

At the moment I am immensely annoyed by the fact that my computer at work has been completely covered and I have no more room for new quotes (unless I array them in straight lines, which is utterly unacceptable. Quotes must be scattered, not placed in an orderly fashion. It's true! A scrap of paper on which I have scribbled a favorite quote wants to be taped to something at a haphazard angle. I don't pretend to know why that is their desire, but one must give a quote what it wants...)

I have frequently toyed with the idea of hanging strings all down an empty area on one of my walls with quotes pinned from top to bottom - a subtle stage for the well-spoken wisdom of the ages to speak. Floating? Dangling? In any case, I love the idea of quotes somehow suspended in my room, unframed by a particular context, just as they are in my thoughts. Perhaps one of these days I will actually attempt this project.

And how I would delight to speak in quotes! To have my every statement be brief, memorable and worthy of immortalizing with that badge of honor: a hyphen followed by my name! Evidence of that lovely fulfillment of purpose - having once said something worth hearing.

All hope is lost, though, when I realize that this would entail people actually knowing how to spell my last name. God certainly does have an interesting sense of humor. Oh well, I suppose there's always marriage. Is there a Mr. Smith out there in need of a wife?

Well, my love to you, darlings. May you all find yourselves inspired to say something quote-worthy today!