Courtesy of Gretchen Rubin Moment of Happiness
There are two ways of getting home; and one of them is to stay there. The other is to walk round the whole world till we come back to the same place.
G. K. CHESTERTON
The Everlasting Man
The pleasure of doing a thing in the same way at the same time every day, and savouring it, should be noted.
ARNOLD BENNETT
Journal, April 14, 1913
He began to think that who you are when you’re with somebody may matter more than whether you love her.
ANNE TYLER
The Accidental Tourist
I cannot think of myself apart from the influence of the two or three greatest friendships of my life, and any account of my own growth must be that of their stimulating and enlightening influence.
EDITH WHARTON
A Backward Glance
Every now and then a man’s mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
Appearances are not held to be a clue to the truth,’ said his cousin. ‘But we seem to have no other.
IVY COMPTON-BURNETT
Manservant and Maidservant
A rose looks different when you can smell it. A ballroom looks different when you can hear music.
HENRY GRUNWALD
Twilight: Losing Sight, Gaining Insight
Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to realize it as such.
HENRY MILLER
The Henry Miller Reader
Choose the bigger life.
GRETCHEN RUBIN
