We’re police officers! We’re not trained to handle this kind of violence! — Demolition Man

How many times did I hear “I didn’t join for this!  I joined for the college fund!” when I was in the Army?  If you’re going to take a job, you have to do it with your eyes wide open and accept everything that job requires of you.  If you take a job that has danger to it, you have to be honest with yourself about whether you’re willing to deal with that.  If you take a job that’s going to bore the heck out of you, you have to do the same thing.  When you cash the paycheck, you’re promising to be ready to do whatever it takes to get the job done.

Princess Aura: Look! Water is leaking from her eyes.
The Emperor Ming: It’s what they call tears, it’s a sign of their weakness.

— Flash Gordon

I’m of two minds on this one.  There is usually no harm in showing emotion, be it happiness or grief.  But there is a time and place for everything.  If I feel the need to let grief or sadness out, I tend to do it in privacy.  Happiness is something I feel comfortable expressing in public, but I won’t cry in public.  There’s no shame in it when I see others do it.  It’s just something I don’t do myself.

A baby holds your hands, and then suddenly, there’s this huge man lifting you off the ground, and then he’s gone. Where’s that son? — My Dinner With Andre

Like I said the other day, we took Little Bear to a college open house last weekend.  Girlie Bear is old enough now that she wants to get a job and learn how to drive.  We had a parent-teacher conference this morning for Boo.  Just yesterday, all of them were new, wrinkly, and pink.  Now, I’m staring having one child left at home in the face.

The years you get with your children are finite and they seem to pass quickly.  I just hope I take advantage of them while they last.