[quote=scaredyclassic]as you pack, repeat this …

Emily Dickinson (1830–86). Complete Poems. 1924.

Part Three: Love

XXXVII

LOVE is anterior to life,
Posterior to death,
Initial of creation, and
The exponent of breath.

or whatever it takes to get through the day[/quote]
That one is definitely going on the dashboard of my mini-van.

Girls are sugar and spice and everything nice!
Boys are snakes and snails and puppy dog tails!

Pre-feminist chant designed to oppress men.