If just one of [those people] experiences life as a crazy adventure–and I mean that he, or she, experiences this every single day… Then he or she is a joker in a pack of cards. (Jostein Gaarder, The Solitaire Mystery)
Fortunately, we are not in control
Fortunately, we are not in control. (Willie Nelson)
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing
Love is an ideal thing, marriage a real thing. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong
It is the greatest good to the greatest number of people which is the measure of right and wrong. (Jeremy Bentham)
If you concentrate on the road too much, you will miss the view and when you do the opposite, you will miss the road! Life is an art of catching both the road and the view! – Mehmet Murat ildan
If you concentrate on the road too much, you will miss the view and when you do the opposite, you will miss the road! Life is an art of catching both the road and the view! – Mehmet Murat ildan.
Memory is the enemy of wonder – Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World
Memory is the enemy of wonder – Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World
Trust but check. Check on those we trust
Trust but check. Check on those we trust (Tom Rob Smith, Child 44)
An adult human can last 40 days without food, a week without any sleep, three days without water, but only five minutes without air. Yet nothing is more taken for granted than the air we breathe. However, not just any air will do – it must be exquisitely designed to meet our needs. Too little oxygen in the atmosphere will kill us, as will too much
An adult human can last 40 days without food, a week without any sleep, three days without water, but only five minutes without air. Yet nothing is more taken for granted than the air we breathe. However, not just any air will do – it must be exquisitely designed to meet our needs. Too little oxygen in the atmosphere will kill us, as will too much (Hugh Ross)
There are two days in my calendar: This day and that Day
There are two days in my calendar: This day and that Day (Martin Luther)
I’ve read this same sentence about twenty times since you came in.”Anybody else except Ackley would’ve taken the goddamn hint. Not him though…”What the hellya reading?””Goddamn book.”He shoved my book back with his hand so that he could see the name on it. “Any good?” he said.”This sentence I’m reading is terrific
I’ve read this same sentence about twenty times since you came in.”Anybody else except Ackley would’ve taken the goddamn hint. Not him though…”What the hellya reading?””Goddamn book.”He shoved my book back with his hand so that he could see the name on it. “Any good?” he said.”This sentence I’m reading is terrific (J.D. Salinger)