September 14, 2002:

Illuminations:

"well there's nothing very special...
try to be nice to people
avoid eating fats
read a good book every now and then
get some walking in
and
try to live together in peace and harmony with people of all creeds and nations"
Michael Palin, closing soliloquy, Monty Python's Meaning of Life

"Corn Nuts!"
Heathers

"There are just as many notes as I require, Majesty: neither more nor less..."
Amadeus

"i won't forget you
i'm as strong as my love for you
real as your dreams
Victor Krummenacher, "Real as Your Dreams," on Out in the Heat

"Be kind to your jailers until they grow weak..."
— Mann / Goffin, "Something Better", recorded by Marianne Faithful in 1968, available on The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus

"I want it now!"
Varuka Salt (Julie Dawn Cole), Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

"I'd like to own a squadron of tanks."
Ron Nasty (Niel Innes), The Rutles

"To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance."
Oscar Wilde

"The two most wonderful things in the world are a woman's smile and the motion of mighty waters."
Leonardo da Vinci

"To live — to live will be an awfully big adventure."
Hook

"I've known deception
how all lovers are liars
We're caught in a crossfire
and hung on a line
But I'll hit the ground runnin'
just to catch this desire
'cause maybe a true love
is headed my way.
Victor Krummenacher, "Maybe a True Love," on Bittersweet