"But pain... seems to me an insufficient reason not to embrace life. Being dead is quite painless. Pain, like time, is going to come on regardless. Question is, what glorious moments can you win from life in addition to the pain?"
~Lois McMaster Bujold
"Hallo, Eeyore," said Christopher Robin, as he opened the door and came out. "How are you?"
"It's snowing still," said Eeyore gloomily.
"So it is."
"And freezing."
"Is it?"
"Yes," said Eeyore. "However," he said, brightening up a little, "we haven't had an earthquake lately."
I don't have one of my own today, but here's a lovely, cheerful bloom I found on Flickr. Happy Friday.
Favorites: When the Nines Roll Over, How We Decide, and Silver Phoenix.
June's nearly over, and I'm just now getting around to posting May's books.
Favorites: Doomsday Book, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, and Finding Nouf.
Share a sentence from one of your favorite books.
"Sasha watches him flick bits of chocolate off his BriteSmile Labs T-shirt, and her anger seeps away, replaced by pity so intolerable it feels like love."
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