“The only way to spend New Year’s Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise, it’s not worth the trouble.”
"Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow."
- W.H. Auden
Self-awareness
"In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag."
- W.H. Auden
Happiness
"Between friends, differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality."
- W.H. Auden
Relationships
"Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith."
- W.H. Auden
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