Mere Motherhood: Jane Austen

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Tame and Quiet Children

This is how I feel today.

"I confess," replied Elinor, "that while I am at Barton Park, I never think of tame and quiet children with any abhorrence."

Jane Austen
Sense and Sensibility

Saw this quote while I was at the dentist. I love it.

"From the standpoint of daily life, however, there is one thing we do know: that we are here for the sake of each other - above all for those upon whose smile and well-being our own happiness depends, and also for the countless unknown souls with whose fate we are connected by a bond of sympathy. Many times a day I realize how much my own outer and inner life is built upon the labors of my fellow men, both living and dead, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received."

-Albert Einstein