Random quote of the day:

“A sudden death clears away fog as in a violent wind. For a while you see clearly—too clearly. Then the fog returns. This is ‘real life.’”

—Joyce Carol Oates, Twitterfeed, August 19, 2013

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Orville and Wilbur, Katy Perry, or the Avengers. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.