Entry 1
In honor of tax day...
Friends, says he, and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly, and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement. However let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his almanac of 1733.
Benjamin Franklin -- from "The Way to Wealth"
Entry 2
Love your enemy. It will scare the hell out of them.
Mark Twain
Entry 3
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.
Thomas Jefferson
A friend told me that luck was completely random. This quote was my rebuttal.
Entry 4
"I think it would seem a little easier if the memories were shared. You and I wouldn't have to bear so much by ourselves, if everyone took a part." The Giver sighed, "You're right," he said, "But then everyone would be burdened and pained. They don't want that...They selected me-and you-to lift that burden from themselves.
...The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.
The Giver, by Lois Lowry (FFT's first quote by a woman!)
