“There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.” GivingLongSeemsExistenceEventsPerspectivePeriodsFoundationRoundsCaughtDullCaught UpGlimpsePettyNo PointGreat Events Author:Queen Elizabeth II
“Decades have a delusive edge to them. They are not, of course, really periods at all, except as any other ten years may be. But we, looking at them, are caught by the different name each bears, and give them different attributes, and tie labels on them, as if they were flowers in a border.” IfsGivingYearsMayDifferentPastTimeCoursesNamesFlowerBearsPeriodsTenEdgesCaughtDecadesLabelsBordersTiesAttributesDifferent Names Book:Told by an Idiot Source: Told by an Idiot
“There are periods in life when you get caught up in the whole field of relativity and lose your moorings with the absolute.” WholeLosesFieldsPeriodsAbsolutesCaughtCaught UpRelativity Author:Deepak Chopra
“The reason I could last for that long a period of being up was because the piece accidentally caught the excitement and adrenaline from, "Ooh this sounds different from usual... Ooh I like that..." That was the energy that kept me up.” LongDifferentReasonLastsEnergySoundPiecesPeriodsCaughtExcitementUsualAdrenaline Author:Marnie Stern