The Big Chill

Over the weekend, I watched one of the defining movies of my parents' generation, The Big Chill.  Not bad.  I particularly liked this exchange:


Michael: I don't know anyone who could get through the day without two or three juicy rationalizations. They're more important than sex. 
Sam: Ah, come on. Nothing's more important than sex. 
Michael: Oh yeah? Ever gone a week without a rationalization? 


-The Big Chill

Claude Monet

This is probably how I feel about my blogging...

"People discuss my art and pretend to understand as if it were necessary to understand, when it's simply necessary to love"

-Claude Monet

Tobias Wolff

I think this can be applied to your approach to life, but it is most applicable to my recent past when thinking of relationships:

"The compromises don't diminish us, they humanize us."

-Tobias Wolff