Courtesy of Gretchen Rubin Moment of Happiness
I have stood by the side of a field and watched hundreds of snow geese take flight, as if departing our mortal world for their own enchanted kingdom.
KATHRYN SCHULZ
Lost & Found
Let us choose for ourselves our path in life, and let us try to strew that path with flowers.
ÉMILIE DU CHÂTELET
“Discourse on Happiness” from Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings
What we perceive as limitations have the potential to become strengths greater than what we had when we were ‘normal’ or unbroken…when something breaks, something greater often emerges from the cracks.
NNEDI OKORAFOR
Broken Places & Outer Spaces: Finding Creativity in the Unexpected
There are unheralded tipping points, a certain number of times that we will unlock the front door of an apartment. At some point you were closer to the last time than you were to the first time, and you didn’t even know it. You didn’t know that each time you passed the threshold you were saying good-bye.
COLSON WHITEHEAD
The Colossus of New York
I shall never have the garden I have in my mind, but that for me is the joy of it; certain things can never be realized and so all the more reason to attempt them.
JAMAICA KINCAID
My Garden (Book)
How we schedule our days is how we spend our lives.
The bird, the bee, and the bat all fly, but they use different kinds of wings.
GRETCHEN RUBIN
