Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth – two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age. – Ambrose Bierce
That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone, that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the course of a single life would lead us to believe. – John Berger, The Sense of Sight, 1980
Any fool can make enough money to survive. Its another thing to keep yourself consistently entertained. Its a lot of work, and a lot of fun, to make a life. – Robert Fulghum