A whole cluster of quotes this morning. I read Dogen's, liked them very much, going to go back later and discover what all those people have to say. Thank you, Don!

Edith Wharton must have had a little dog like mine. I appreciate all of her quotes.

I enjoyed Clarissa's quotes thank you for the other birthday celebrants, hope to get back to all later - a project will be happening this morning, got to get ready. Been under the weather a little, have a lot to catch up, I think.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Quotes French - Novelist January 28, 1873 - August 3, 1954 https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/sidonie_gabrielle_colette Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Be happy. It's one way of being wise. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette The lovesick, the betrayed, and the jealous all smell alike. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to think or suffer darkly take refuge. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against the wall. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Sabine Baring-Gould Quotes English - Clergyman January 28, 1834 - January 2, 1924 https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/sabine_baringgould Henry Morton Stanley Quotes Welsh - Explorer January 28, 1841 - May 10, 1904 https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/henry_morton_stanley Jose Marti Quotes Cuban - Activist January 28, 1853 - May 19, 1895 https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/jose_marti Ismail Kadare Quotes Albanian - Novelist Born: January 28, 1936 https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/ismail_kadare Alan Alda Quotes American - Actor Born: January 28, 1936 https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/alan_alda Ken Hill Quotes British - Playwright January 28, 1937 - January 23, 1995 https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/ken_hill