The Ultimate Question, part 288

"Someones can and someones does not bother. That's all."

- Winnie the Pooh

The Ultimate Question, part 287

Martin: You know, Laurie, I was just thinking that maybe it's about time you and me started going steady, huh?

Laurie Jorgensen: Why Martin Pawley, you and me been going steady since we was three years old!

Martin: We have?

Laurie: 'Bout time you found out about it.

 

- The Searchers

The Ultimate Question, part 286

"Nevermind the herds of street-sheep and their haute-couture imitators: the Queen is the best example of English sartorial eccentricity."

- Watching the English by Kate Fox

The Ultimate Question, part 285

"Nature always wins - with humans or without them."

- Pentti Malaska

The Ultimate Question, part 284

"I can't get him to speak!" Michael whispered miserably.
"It's just a tantrum," Sophie said. Martha and Lettie were good at having tantrums too. She knew how to deal with those. On the other hand, it is quite a risk to spank a wizard for getting hysterical about his hair.

- Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones

The Ultimate Question, part 283

"I'm on my feet, pacing around the room, punching a fist into my palm, which I stop doing when I realise how drama queen it feels." 

- Plugged by Eoin Colfer

The Ultimate Question, part 282

"After a few months in my parents' basement, I took an apartment near the state university, where I discovered both crystal methamphetamine and conceptual art. Either one of the these things are dangerous, but in combination they have the potential to destroy entire civilizations."

- David Sedaris in  Me Talk Pretty One Day