“She was a true gloom, my mother. We used to eat in the dark. For a laugh, I wrote on her tombstone, 'Here lies Barbara Milligan, happy till the end.' Me, on the other hand, I'm an optimist.”Tagged: gloom, bummer, depressing, Tombstone, Epitaph
“Mike Milligan: There's a man. Ben Schmidt: What—what man? Mike Milligan: Just a man. He works in a factory. One day, the boss gets it in his mind that this man is stealing from him. So, every night at the gate, the guards search his wheelbarrow. But they never find anything. Ben Schmidt: Pat him…”Tagged: parables, Stories, Fables, Wheelbarrows, Occam's Razor
“Mike Milligan: Sovereignty is absolute power and authority. Ricky G: Like a king? Mike Milligan: Exactly. Which is who I am —your king. Ricky G: Uh, it's America, brother. We don't do kings.”Tagged: Sovereignty, kings, Monarchy, America