“We are never more fully alive, more completely ourselves, or more deeply engrossed in anything than when we are playing.” - Charles Schaefer

 

“The beach to me is a sacred zone between the earth and the sea, one of those in-between places where transitions can be experienced - where endings can be mourned and beginnings birthed.” - Joan Anderson

 

"You can't have a decent food culture without a decent coffee culture: the two things grow up together." - Adam Gopnik

 

"Two heads are better than one, not because either is infallible, but because they are unlikely to go wrong in the same direction." - C.S. Lewis

 

“Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?” - David Attenborough

 

"The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases."- Carl Jung

 

“Some of us are afraid of dying, others of human loneliness. Profane was afraid of land or seascapes like this, where nothing else lived but himself.”- Thomas Pynchon

 

“Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation.” - Oscar Wilde

 

“The bloom may be brief, but the memory of its beauty will last a lifetime.” - Doe Zantamata

 

“Rock is a great master of life. It teaches us this simple philosophy: Stay firm!” - Mehmet Murat Ildan

 

"You have only to look at a genuine teddy's face to see at once the loyalty, common sense, and above all, dependability behind it."- Peter Bull