Wonder

Wonder is what sets us apart from other life forms. No other species wonders about the meaning of existence or the complexity of the universe or themselves.

~Herbert W. Boyer, co-founder of Genentech, Inc.

I like living

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

~Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976)

Foxglove

Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

~George Sand (1804 - 1876)

Growing older

It is a sadness of growing older that we lose our ardent appreciation
of what is new and different and difficult.
~Elizabeth Aston
The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy, 2005