The statement “I am one of the happiest people I know” had, in retrospect, made her cringe. “Please specify,” she added, “that this may be because I don’t KNOW anyone else.”

from a New York Times Magazine profile of Debra Winger by Mark Harris

"For the uninitiated, '46' is the worst thing anyone can say to you at JFK. It means: Pack a rucksack, bring a machete, pack a lunch, hire a Sherpa, bring a hand-held-GPS, and before you set off for the gate, make sure your affairs are in order. I've seen some of the best minds of my generation wasted in pursuit of Gate 46. It's so far away, it's actually in Montauk, at the tip of Long Island. You can feel the seasons change while you're walking there. Babies are born, governments fall, Madonna changes her look.

Brian Williams on his blog The Daily Nightly

"Work is work. Otherwise it would be called "super-wonderful-crazy-fun-time"."

- That 70's Show

"Deutschland ist das neue Brasilien."

a friend after Germany won 4:0 this week.

"I am floating, I am floating,
with my eyes closed with no sails.
I am soaking; I am weathered
by the winter of mixed drinks."

Living in Colour by Frightened Rabbit

"Those in favor of Chlamydia, raise your hand."

discussion in class yesterday

"Princeton is our fascinating neighbor."

website of a quilt shop in Pennington, NJ