“The mind is like an umbrella. Its most useful when open.” ~ Walter Gropius 

“The whole of Paris is a vast university of Art, Literature and Music… it is worth anyone’s while to dally...

“By the time I had finished my coffee and returned to the streets, the rain had temporarily abated, but the...

“There’s something in the very small minutia of life that tells us something about the big, big picture that we...

“There is but one Paris and however hard living may be here, and if it became worse and harder even—the...

“You are my butterfly, and I am your flower.” ~ Anthony T. Hincks

“The leafy blossoming present time springs from the whole past, remembered and unrememberable.” ~ Thomas Carlyle 

“Why did men worship in churches, locking themselves away in the dark, when the world lay beyond its doors in...

“Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare, But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.” ~ Bill...

“Chocolate is a perfect food, as wholesome as it is delicious, a beneficent restorer of exhausted power…it is the best...

  “Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than going to a garage makes you an automobile.”...

“All in all you’re just another brick in the wall. ~ Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd  ...

  Since the first moment I put him in the water it has a been a totally natural and instinctive...

  “The moon was up, painting the world silver, making things look just a little more alive.” ~ N.D. Wilson...

  Farewell lovely bed…. until tonight! “A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy...

  I love this man! “hark, now hear the sailors cry, smell the sea, and feel the sky let your...

  “It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.” ~ Henry David Thoreau “We don’t see...

  “Human beings are drawn to cats because they are all we are not — self-contained, elegant in everything they...