Actual happiness looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn’t nearly so spectacular as instability. And being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune, none of the picturesqueness of a struggle with temptation, or a fatal overthrow by passion or doubt. Happiness is never grand.
- Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
Education
"Must we always teach our children with books? Let them look at the stars and the mountains above. Let them look at the waters and the trees and flowers on Earth. Then they will begin to think, and to think is the beginning of a real education." -David Polis
"Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it... but by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one becomes to feeling ill... Thus if one just keeps walking, everything will be all right." -Soren Kierckgaard
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
- Albert Camus
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
Annie Dillard
yuuuuuuuuuummmmmy!
Posted by: alison Shutty | October 11, 2009 at 07:54 AM
I love seeing your apartment!
I love seeing the squid you are going to eat- so did my boys!
I love seeing that the boys are wearing the Halloween shirts I made them last year!!!!
Posted by: Deb | October 12, 2009 at 10:14 AM
Wow, I just realized how much the boys' look like each other even after seeing them on Sunday.. Squid... where does one buy a squid???
Posted by: Heidi | October 14, 2009 at 09:51 PM
A lot of people are mentioning that they look alike lately!
We like to go to the Harbor Fish Co down on Custom House Wharf - http://www.harborfish.com/. They always have lots of fresh, cheap seafood & lots of interesting creatures to look at. I bought a new cookbook recently & it had a recipe for grilled squid - the boys love squid (looking at them anyway) so we bought some. Silas & I didn't dare to try it, but Mark & Levi liked it.
Posted by: Michelle | October 15, 2009 at 12:48 PM