Relativity and quantum looked like they were going to clean out the whole problem between them. A theory of everything. But they only explained the very big and the very small. The universe, the elementary particles. The ordinary-sized stuff which is our lives, the things people write poetry about - clouds - daffodils - waterfalls - and what happens in a cup of coffee when the cream goes in - these things are full of mystery, as mysterious as the heavens were to the Greeks. Valentine in Arcadia by Tom Stoppard When you are utterly frustrated or angry, express these feelings. You don't have to be nice all the time - just most of the time Morrie: In His Own Words Walker & Co, New York 1996
Blessed are you if you reflect before you act and laugh before you reflect; you will avoid doing many stupid things Bernardo Olivera OCSO
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, 1929