“No one is promised tomorrow. We cherish real flowers more than fake ones because we know they are fleeting.”—Julie Fratantoni Today’s quote comes from “your friendly neighborhood neuroscientist” and the author of a Substack I… Read More
“You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.”— Jeannette Rankin Jeannette Rankin was a political force a century ago. In 1916, she became the first woman to win federal office… Read More
“The guilty think all talk is of themselves.”— “Geoffrey Chaucer” The quote of the day is a well-known proverb from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, although of course that’s not how he wrote it … modern… Read More
“Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons.”— Robertson Davies A note: the cat above was Bellybutton, the much beloved cat Martha and I… Read More
“In department stores, so much kitchen equipment is bought indiscriminately by people who just come in for men’s underwear.”— Julia Child A note: Julia Child’s kitchen (not the TV set version, but the real one… Read More
“You can’t put off being young until you retire.”– Philip Larkin