There never was a woman like her. She was gentle as a dove and brave as a lioness… The memory of my mother and her teachings were, after all, the only capital I had to start life with, and on that capital I have made my way.
– Andrew Jackson, U.S. President

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
– George Washington, U.S. President

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.
– Sophia Loren, Women and Beauty

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
– Aristotle

This Week I have chosen 2 quote’s from The Masque of the Black Tulip. I am so behind on replies, and everything this week I could only ferret out two. But I think they are funny!

“Sir Percy Blakeny was running the most daring intelligence effort since Odysseus asked Agamemnon whether he thought the Trojans might like a large wooden horse.”

“They were dressed all in green – to blend in with the scenery Penelope had explained with relish – and resembled nothing so much as a troupe of lost leprechauns, or a bunch of frogs who had misplaced their lily pad.”

This week I have decided to pay hommage to one of my favorite Vampire’s. Spike! (and yes that is just a photo of James Marsters but its one of my fav’s)

Spike: Ahhhh, my head. I think I’m sobering up. It’s horrible. Ah… God… I wish I was dead.

Spike: What’s this? Sittin’ around watching the telly while there’s evil still afoot? It’s not very industrious of you. I say we go out there and kick a little demon ass! What, can’t go without your Buffy, is that it? Let’s find her! She is the chosen one, after all. Come on! Vampires! Grrr! Nasty! Let’s annihilate them, for justice, and for… the safety of puppies… and Christmas, right? Let’s fight that evil! Let’s kill something! Oh, come on!

Spike: Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What’s it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that’s the secret. Not the punch you didn’t throw or the kicks you didn’t land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.

Spike: So when do we destroy the world, already?

Spike: It’s a big rock. I can’t wait to tell my friends. They don’t have a rock this big.

Spike: You’re not friends. You’ll never be friends. You’ll be in love ’til it kills you both. You’ll fight, and you’ll shag, and you’ll hate each other ’til it makes you quiver, but you’ll never be friends. Real love isn’t brains, children. It’s blood. It’s blood screaming inside you to work its will. I may be love’s bitch, but at least I’m man enough to admit it.

Spike: I did a couple of slayers in my time. I don’t like to brag. Who am I kidding? I love to brag. One time, during the Boxer Rebellion…

Spike: If every vampire who said he was at the Crucifixion was actually there it would’ve been like Woodstock. I was at Woodstock. I fed off a flower person and I spent six hours watching my hand move.

(In response to being asked to fight a troll)
Spike: I would, but I’m paralyzed with not caring very much.

< For my dip back into quotes (I know I have been horrible.) I decided on some qoutes from a book I have called the greatest qoutes of all time.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873, British novelist, poet, playwright and polititian.)

The pen is mightier than the sword.

J. P. Morgan: (1837-1913, Founder of US Steel, the first billion-dollar company in the world.)

If you have to ask how much something costs, you can’t afford it.

Sun-Tzu: (400 BC; Chinese general and military strategist.)

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

Lord Acton: (1834-1902; British historian, politician and educator. Considered the most learned individual of his era, unmatched in the breadth and depth of his knowledge.)

Power Corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Fred R. Barnard (1920s):

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Horace (65 – 8 BC):

Carpe Diem (Seize the day. (Opportunity))

And FINALLY…by one of my all time favorite Historical Men..

Julius Caesar:

Divide and Conquer.

It has been a very busy Sunday..so I have just one quote. I am in a Twilight Mood.

Better Hang on Spider Monkey.~Edward

I am once again finding myself in a founding fathers sort of mood. I did Thomas Jefferson, and while he has many more quotes I could use, today I am going to offer up some lovely thoughts by George Washington.

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

This week I am feeling like icky sick with a cold. So i have a thought to shout my quote is eww i am sick, lol. Instead i will do one that makes me smile. Just one.

“Forged in War, Born in Death, Saved by Love” – Jackson Rathbone on Jasper Hale