Words of Wisdom

Watching Oprah (as you do when you're on maternity leave) who heard a quote I wanted to pass on.

Forgiveness is giving up

the hope that the past

could have been any different

A variation of this is: Forgiveness is giving up all hope for a better past

Travelling Reader

Read an excellent quote!

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
- Saint Augustine

Speaking of reading (i.e. not travelling but actual reading), hands up those who think I will reach my goal of 20 read books for 2009?! Have read 14 so far and am reading two at the moment. 17 days to go. I should say that these days I read mostly when on leave, which I will be for a few days this holiday season, or travelling.

Friday Four

Theme: Favourite quotes

What is your favourite quote about...

1) ...love?
Love doesn't sit there like a stone. It has to be made like bread; remade all the time,...made new. - Le Guin

2) ...life?
Play for more than you can afford to lose and you will learn the game.
- Winston Churchill

3) ...death?
'til death do us apart.

4) ...happiness?
Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them.
- Leo Tolstoy