My Beating Heart
“Ha! hold my Brain; be still my beating Heart.” —William Mountfort, Zelmane: Or, The Corinthian Queen: A Tragedy Happy Valentine’s Day! You make my tart beet.
“Ha! hold my Brain; be still my beating Heart.” —William Mountfort, Zelmane: Or, The Corinthian Queen: A Tragedy Happy Valentine’s Day! You make my tart beet.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Boo, I think I no longer believe in monsters as faces in the floor or feral infants or vampires or whatever. —David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
Next to love, balance is the most important thing. —John Wooden
The vote is precious. It is almost sacred. It is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democracy. We must use it. Sen. John Lewis
What they don’t understand about birthdays and what they never tell you is that when you’re eleven, you’re also ten, and nine, and eight, and seven, and six, and five, and four, and three, and two, and one… Because the way you grow old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside
How to Not Be a Perfectionist People are vivid and small and don’t live very long— Molly Brodak I say this with incredulity: happy 8th birthday to La Pêche Fraîche.
You are loved just for being who you are, just for existing. You don’t have to do anything to earn it. Your shortcomings, your lack of self-esteem, physical perfection, or social and economic success—none of that matters. No one can take this love away from you, and it will always be here. Ram Dass
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” Carl Sagan, Cosmos
The most essential factor is persistence—the determination never to allow your energy or enthusiasm to be dampened by the discouragement that must inevitably come. James Whitcomb Riley Happy 7th birthday, La Pêche Fraîche. It’s hard to believe how quickly these years have flown by. I would very much like to slow down, please.