Courtesy of Gretchen Rubin Moment of Happiness
Why do two colours, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? No.
PABLO PICASSO
It showed me one thing that being an adult meant. You were no longer limited to observing the world: Now you could join it. Instead of just being a fan of things you loved, you could get inside them. You could make them yourself.
SUSAN BURTON
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility; they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
Jane Eyre
Very few things have so much effect on the feeling inside a room as the sun shining into it.
CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER
A Pattern Language
Sometimes you are aware when your great moments are happening and sometimes they arise from the past. Perhaps it’s the same with people.
JAMES SALTER
Burning The Days
It seemed that one had little control over one’s own destiny. All one could do was to get on with the one job that nobody else could do, the job of being oneself.
MONICA DICKENS
Mariana
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. It is a seeking that he who wishes may know the cosmic secrets of the world and they that dwell therein.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON
Dust Tracks on a Road
It’s enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.
GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ
One Hundred Years of Solitude
