Five Quotes, vol. xi

One week ago today my laptop was stolen out of our car when we made one last stop on our way home from vacation.  As a photographer I've been careful about backing up pictures twice on different external harddrives.  Guess what I didn't back up at all:  my documents.  Guess what I lost:  7 pages of quotes from books and lots of other writing. (Cue weeping emoji)

Looking on the bright side, I will now also back up documents.  I do still have 10 pages of quotes that were duplicated on one of my harddrives, so my commonplace notebook isn't completely lost.  And I started recording some of my favorite quotes here 11 weeks ago, so some of my most recent favorites were saved.  Let's carry on... 


"I'm writing this down because I once heard that when you're getting older you're liable to forget things and I'd sure be the most miserable woman in this world if I ever forgot what happened this summer."
- Gidget, Frederick Kohner


"But one of the connecting threads of this book is an examination of what conservationists call 'shifting baseline syndrome,' the disorientating idea that as every generation passes, our understanding of what is 'normal' moves, without us even realizing it.  We can no longer remember, or we have no direct experience of what it was like, to live in a different world."
- Footnotes:  A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers, Peter Fiennes


"But it is the misty mornings that linger.  Perhaps they get to us all in the end.  And the fact is, these things really do exist--ancient water meadows, thistledown drifting in country lanes, cheery publicans, apple-choked orchards and the soft silence of village greens fading into the twilight--and even now they are here, right here, in the Isle of Purbeck."
- Footnotes:  A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers, Peter Fiennes


"But when did you ever hear of a border being agreed with a smile and a friendly handshake?  Someone has always lost something."
- Footnotes:  A Journey Round Britain in the Company of Great Writers, Peter Fiennes (speaking about the English/Welsh border)


"My dearly loved brothers, understand this:  Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for man's anger does not accomplish God's righteousness."
- James 1:19-20