moon

“Is there something down by the water keeping itself from us, Some shy event, some secret of the light that falls upon the deep, Some source of sorrow that does not wish to be discovered yet?”

“Realize that life is the best thing ever, and that you have no business taking it for granted.” — Anna Quindlen

“You know that place between sleep and awake, the place where you can still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you. That’s where I’ll be waiting.” — J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

“My quietness has a man in it, he is transparent and he carries me quietly, like a gondola, through the streets.” — Frank O’Hara, from “In Memory of My Feelings,”

“My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.” ― Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet

Reading Walden by the Leman lake is probably the best one of a kind experience that Geneva could ever offer. 

“We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.” — Ellen Goodman