Impressions arriving at the brain make it enter into activity, just as food falling into the stomach excites it to more abundant secretion of gastric juice. – Pierre Cabanis, translated from French
The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character. – George Eliot
If my kids are doing well, then my life is going pretty well. And if my kids arent doing well, it doesnt matter how the other elements of my life are. Its kind of amazing to have a context like that. This is really wonderful. – Ethan Hawke
