btw, i quote myself in this one

Suffering is what we get from any attachment really!

that's a bleak outlook - friendship doesn't give happiness?

Zombie, buddy o'mine - apply tongue in cheek, and read again. Maybe it would help if you employ an Oscar Wilde accent as part of your vocal acrobatics.

Speaking of which, i remember a wonderful quote of his (in paraphrase):

"When we are children,

we love our parents unconditionally.

When we grow,

we judge them.

And when we finally grow up,  

we are able to forgive them."

Tongue now firmly in cheek

And the OW quote is so true

I also like the Churchill quote - a funnier version  of Mark Twain's -  "When I was 16, I thought my parents knew nothing. When I was 21, I was shocked to discover how much they had picked up in the last 5 years."

I thought you were paraphrasing Sartre!

http://rickontheater.blogspot.com/2010/07/most-famous-thing-jean-paul-sartre.html

Thank you all for this lively discussion, now will one of you please "like" the darn thing! I mean, jeeze, does a fella has to beg....LOL.

(Five stars would also be much appreciated too!)

Ah! I love you all!!! Muahhha