“Amy Poehler did a really cute thing, [] [her son] said his prayers before he went to sleep that she was going to win [a Golden Globe] and when she got home she put [the trophy] in his bedroom. So when he woke up, he was like “Yes I did it, I did it”. He was so excited, he felt like he had somehow engendered the trophy into existence, which is so cute.” SaidHomeWinningFeltPrayerSleepExistenceSonExcitedGoldenCuteGlobesBedroomTrophiesAmyReally CuteCute Things Author:Michael Schur
“Ourselves are cosmic and capacious beyond conjecture, and to experience some notion of the planetary perspective is the richest income from travelling. It takes all to inform and educate all. Sallies forth from our cramped firesides into other homes, other hearts, are wonderfully wholesome and enlarging. Travel opens prospects on all sides, widens our horizon, liberates the mind from geographical and conventional limitations, from local prejudices and national, showing the globe in its differing climates, zones, and latitudes of intelligence.” MindHeartHomeSidesPerspectivePrejudiceClimateNotionIncomeLocalsLimitationZoneHorizonCosmicEducateConventionalGlobesProspectsConjectureLatitude Book:Table-talk Source: Table-talk
“The trout that seem to stick in my memory the finest aren't the big ones, and maybe it's because I have't visited all the corners of the globe, but my most unforgettable trout all lived close to home. In fact, when I take out my pouch of trout memories and spill them all on the table, it seems that the smaller ones shine the brightest.” FactsHomeBigsSeemsMemoriesSeaRiversTablesShiningSticksFishesCornersBoatLakesFishingGlobesFinestSpillsTroutUnforgettable Author:William G. Tapply
“It is also possible, I believe, if one lives in India long enough, to come across a globe-trotter who is modest and teachable, but we have been out here only twenty-two years, and I am going home without having seen one.” IfsYearsBelieveLongHas BeensTwoEnoughHomeI BelieveTravelIndiaTwentiesTwo YearsGlobesModestGoing HomeTwenty TwoTeachable Author:Sara Jeannette Duncan