To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations — such is a pleasure beyond compare. – Kenko Yoshida
In the present age, alas! our pens are ravished by unlettered authors and unmannered critics, that make a havoc rather than a building, a wilderness rather than a garden. But, a lack! what boots it to drop tears upon the preterit? – Aubrey Beardsley
In the midst of pain and urgent trouble we can not realize the supreme happiness of being loved — sweetest and deepest of all meditations…. – Byron Caldwell Smith, letter to Kate Stephens
As a father, you immediately become uncool, especially the older they get. The older you get, its inevitable that, as cool as you think you are, youre probably just as lame in your kids eyes. – Mark Consuelos
