"We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented" -Elie Wiesel

Flannery O'Connor Quote of the Day

"She looked at nice young men as if she could smell their stupidity"

Flannery O'Connor Quote of the Day

"Anybody who has survived childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days."

Flannery O'Connor Quote of the Day

"I think its safe to say that while the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted"

Just finished the first section of a 7-10 page paper on this lovely lady and her novel Wise Blood so I thought that I'd use a quote I used in the actual paper for today. Well, actually I just used the phrase "Christ-haunted" but the whole quote is interesting so... :)

Flannery O'Connor Quote of the Day

"I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it"

Flannery O'Connor Quote of the Day

I'm baaaack! And with a perfect start of the school year quote, too, you're welcome :)

“Total non-retention has kept my education from being a burden to me.” 

New quotes

I'm taking a break from Oscar Wilde (but I'm still in love with him) and moving on to my other love interest, Flannery O'Connor (I sincerely apologize Flannery I'm just kidding please don't haunt me)
Soooooooo...get ready for some wise words from one of my very favorite authors and really one of my favorite people in general :)

Oscar Wilde Quote of the Day

“The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.”

Gingerbread House Making

So my friend Sarah gave me a gingerbread house for Christmas (btw, obsessed with gingerbread houses) and my brother and I made, come on the epic journey with us...

Our materials

Frosting the pieces of the house together

Frosting the roof tile things

Cutting up the candy to smash into door and window material

Taking a checkers break

Frosting on top of the door

Decorating the windows

Tada! The front is almost done

Adding the peppermint sticks to the corners of the house

Frosting the eaves 

Frosting icicles! 

Putting swirls...

...on the roof

Making the candy pathway

Adding candy canes gate things

TADA! IT IS FINISHED

VOILA! 

SO CUTE!

Kinda sloppy

OH WELL!

Hey look, my shirt

So, yes, that was our gingerbread house, I hope you liked it :)

Oscar Wilde Quote of the Day

“Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”

Oscar Wilde Quote of the Day

"Where there is no love there is no understanding"

Oscar Wilde Quote of the Day

“I can resist anything except temptation.”

Oscar Wilde Quote of the Day

“No good deed goes unpunished.”

Oscar Wilde Quote of the Day

“With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?”

Oscar Wilde Quote of the Day

“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.” 

Oscar Wilde Quote of the Day

“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”