Orts #798

When I know that the glass is already broken, every minute with it is precious.
     — Ajahn Chah

Life is a party on death row.
     — Anne C. Klein

To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation.
     — Yann Martel, Life of Pi

To lose a lover or even a husband or two during the course of one’s life can be vexing. But to lose one’s teeth is a catastrophe.
     — Madame Armfeldt, opening Act II of Stephen Sondheim’s A Little Night Music

_________________________________

Bonus link: a hilarious rendition of a Bach Passacaglia:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9rjNPp2YlM&index=18&list=RDo9w4Pn-TgEE