“Civilization, in fact, grows more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them ima…”— H. L. Mencken, amazon.com
“When the doctor suggested surgery and a brace for all my youngest years, my parents scrambled to take me to massage therapy, deep tissue work, osteopathy, and soon my crooked spine unspooled a bit, I could breathe again, and move more in a body unclouded by pain. My mom would tell me to sing songs t…”— Ada Limon, apmpodcasts.org
“If you're gonna be maudlin, I'm gonna kill you myself. Just to put me out of your misery.”— Sarah Fain, Elizabeth Craft, Damon Salvatore, Ian Somerhalder, imdb.com