“A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.” PeopleEnoughWomenMemoriesSimplePleasureMarriageAchieveHusbandMarriedSimplicityMidstBreakfastMarriage Problems Book:Wisdom from Gift from the Sea Source: Wisdom from Gift from the Sea
“Nearly all marriages, even happy ones, are mistakes: in the sense that almost certainly (in a more perfect world, or even with a little more care in this very imperfect one) both partners might be found more suitable mates. But the real soul-mate is the one you are actually married to.” WorldLittlesRealSoulMightCareFoundMemoriesPerfectMistakeMarriageMarriedPartnersMatesImperfectSuitableSoul MateA Perfect WorldPerfect Marriage Book:The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien Source: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien
“Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which, perchance, will never last nor please thee one year; and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all.” IfsYearsLastsRememberDesireMemoriesPleaseAffectionSatisfiedTheeThyself Author:Walter Raleigh
“The moment you're born you're done for.” GivingDoneMomentsBornBirthGiving Birth Author:Arnold Bennett
“To preserve yourself as the center of the world, to stay your own best authority on everything, your own expert on all topics, infallible, omniscient. Always, every time of the month, forever: Use birth control.” WorldGivingUseForeverMonthsBirthAuthorityPreservesExpertsTopicsBirth ControlInfallibleGiving BirthOmniscientCenter Of The World Author:Chuck Palahniuk
“Call it "womb awe" or even "womb worship" but it's not simple envy. I don't remember even wanting to be a woman. But each of the three times I have been present at the birth of one of my children, I have been overwhelmed by a sense of reverence... It was quite suddenly, the first day of creation; the Goddess giving birth to a world... Like men since the beginning of time I wondered: What can I ever create that will equal the magnificence of this new life?” MenWorldGivingFirstsChildrenHas BeensRememberThreeFatherSimpleCreationBirthEqualWorshipEnvyMy ChildrenAweReverenceGoddessNew LifeOverwhelmedThree TimesWombGiving BirthMagnificence Author:Sam Keen
“Conversation is a meeting of minds with different memories and habits. When minds meet, they don't just exchange facts: they transform them, reshape them, draw different implications from them, engage in new trains of thought. Conversation doesn't just reshuffle the cards: it creates new cards.” MindDifferentFactsMemoriesKnowledgeLearningHabitConversationDrawsTrainMeetingsCardsImplicationsNew CarTrain Of ThoughtMeetings Of The Minds Author:Theodore Zeldin
“When you live life and you are living the experience, you tend not to appreciate them as you are living them. It's only when you look back and realize how special they were.” LooksRealizingMemoriesSpecialAppreciateLive Life Author:Priscilla Presley