As a lover of quotes (I use them in all my talks), I enjoyed this article about British subway drivers, and other staffers, being issued manuals of quotations from famous authors and philosophers, such as the following by Sartre: "Hell is other people." I hope Chicago does take up that idea, as the editorial suggests.

[BTW, I am on the train that they write about at the beginning of the editorial where some inane announcer must say 19 times in a row: "This train will not go to Ravinia" and then he goes on, ad nauseum, to tell those riders what they must do.]

[Edited from "Hello is other people" to "Hell is other people." Thanks for the heads up, Bob!]

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I love the sentiment of "Hello is other people" but I've a feeling Satre's was the rather more misogynistic "Hell is other people."

Or "Hello -- it bothers people."

I corrected the typo. Sorry about that!

BTW, I am working hard and heavy on an initiative that will transition new nurses to practice (much like a residency program in medicine). I found this quote the other day that is perfect..and I just love:

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." ~ Johann Wolfgang Goethe

...Speaking of quotes, I was looking for a quote for someone who lost her brother, and found this one from Edvard Munch:

"From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity."

It sounds like Munch! I think I'll not use it...