9th January 2024 “You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.” — Milan Kundera

8th January 2024 “Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror. Just keep going. No feeling is final.” — Rainer Maria Rilke

7th January 2024 We often don’t like people for the reason that they remind us of what we don't like about ourselves.

6th January 2024 The shortness of life,so often lamented,may be the bestthing about it. — Arthur Schopenhauer

5th January 2024 "There’s something vile in the tendency of feeble men to make universal tragedies out of the sad comedies of their private woes." — Fernando Pessoa

4th January 2024 The first rule of politics: never believe anything until it's been officially denied. — From Yes Minister