You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to read more

You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now. -Joan Baez.

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.

In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people.

The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the TdF and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd read more

The truth is, if you asked me to choose between winning the TdF and cancer, I would choose cancer. Odd as it sounds, I would rather have the title of cancer survivor than winner of the Tour, because of what it has done for me as a human being, a man, a husband, a son and a father. -Lance Armstrong.

Between two stools one sits on the ground.
[Fr., S'asseoir entre deux selles le cul a terre.]

Between two stools one sits on the ground.
[Fr., S'asseoir entre deux selles le cul a terre.]

Life often presents us with a choice of evils rather than of goods.

Life often presents us with a choice of evils rather than of goods.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Preferment goes by letter and affection.

Better to sink beneath the shock
Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!

Better to sink beneath the shock
Than moulder piecemeal on the rock!

Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]

Submit or resign.
[Lat., Se soumettre ou se demettre.]

Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of
goods.

Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of
goods.