"Let all of life be an unfettered howl. Like the crowd greeting the gladiator. Don't stop to think, don't interrupt the scream, exhale, release life's rapture. Everything is blooming. Everything is flying. Everything is screaming, choking on its screams. Laughter. Running. Let-down hair. That is all there is to life. "
— Vladimir Nabokov
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"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality."
— John Lennon
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I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.
---Colette (1873-1954)
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"If you believe in peace, act peacefully; if you believe in love, acting lovingly; if you believe every which way, then act every which way, that's perfectly valid - but don't go out trying to sell your beliefs to the system. You end up contradicting what you profess to believe in, and you set a bum example. If you want to change the world, change yourself."
— Tom Robbins
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Time, when it is left to itself and no definite demands are made on it, cannot be trusted to move at any recognized pace. Usually it loiters; but just when one has come to count upon its slowness, it may suddenly break into a wild irrational gallup.
---Edith Wharton
"All of them perceived that American Democracy did not imply any equality of wealth, but did demand a wholesome sameness of thought, dress, painting, morals, and vocabulary."
- Sinclair Lewis, Babbit,
I know I sound like such an old lady, and if Astrid is reading, she will most certainly be rolling her almost-13-year-old eyes…but, does Astrid realize how great her life is and how great it will be to have had an upbringing like her’s and this current travel she is doing??? I know – of course she can’t understand it completely. In about 10-15, certainly 20, years she will.
I can’t say enough about what you are doing for your life, your daughter, and your family. All of us could be so lucky!! It’s not luck – you guys made a plan and went for it.
Love ya. Take care.