“It's not about, 'Let me play as long as I can so I don't have to grow up.' It's about, 'Let me play as long as I enjoy it,' and when it's time to step away, I can step away gracefully even if I'm still good enough to keep playing, because I'm ready for that next phase.” IfsLongStillsI CanEnoughPlayNextGrowsEnjoyStepsGrowing UpReadyLet MeGood EnoughPhases Author:Angela Ruggiero
“I wonder if that's the difference between fathers and mothers. I'm friends with people who have kids that are like 5 and under, and they're still in that intense mother-bonding phase. It might just be that. Because the dads haven't changed.” PeopleIfsStillsMightKidsMotherFatherDifferencesWonderHavensChangedDadIntensePhasesBonding Author:Jen Kirkman
“In L.A., I like to surf. I went through a phase - I was surfing four days a week. I'm still not good at it; I still spend most of my time falling.” StillsFallFourWeekMy TimePhasesSurfingSurf Author:Jess Weixler
“In alchemical treatises, the formula L'Oeuvre au Noir ... designates what is said to be the most difficult phase of the alchemist's process, the separation and dissolution of substance. It is still not clear whether the term applied to daring experiments on matter itself, or whether it was understood to symbolize trials of the mind in discarding all forms of routine and prejudice. Doubtless it signified one or the other meaning alternately, or perhaps both at the same time.” MindSaidStillsMatterFormProcessDifficultTermClearUnderstoodPrejudiceSeparationTrialsExperimentsSubstanceRoutineFormulasDaringPhasesAlchemistNoirDissolution Author:Marguerite Yourcenar