“Sometimes I can hear my bones straining under the weight of all the lives I’m not living.”
"Food is not rational. Food is culture, habit, craving and identity."
- Jonathan Safran Foer
Awareness
"She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum."
- Jonathan Safran Foer
Awareness
"Why does watching a dog be a dog fill one with happiness?"
- Jonathan Safran Foer
Happiness
"You cannot protect yourself from sadness without protecting yourself from happiness."
- Jonathan Safran Foer
Adversity
"There were things I wanted to tell him. But I knew they would hurt him. So I buried them and let them hurt me."
- Jonathan Safran Foer
Adversity
"Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today."
- Will Rogers
Reflection
"Life is like a sewer … what you get out of it depends on what you put into it."
- Tom Lehrer
Reflection
"I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done."
- Lucille Ball
Reflection
"Nothing ever goes away until it teaches us what we need to know."
- Pema Chodron
Reflection
"Happy Tuesday! It is a good day to reflect on the week so far and spread happiness."
Reflection