"One of the best things about being [joyfully] retired is the freedom to travel when I want. When my son and daughter-in-law asked me to stay at their house for a week to house-sit while they were away on vacation, I had the freedom to do it."

-- Helen A. Rosburg

#Daughter Quotes #Travel Quotes #Son Quotes

“A losing trade, I assure you, sir: literature is a drug.”

Source : 'Lavengro' (1851) ch. 30.
“Russia has never been an aggressor. Russia has always been a country contributing to global stability and security. A country heavily involved in combating terror.”

Source : Source: abcnews.go.com
“I know I'm an actor, but I'm not at all a believer in people watching a lot of TV. I've never had television in my home.”
“Food is a big part of my culture, so everyone knows how to cook. When I came to America and asked a babysitter to softboil an egg for my son and she didn't know how, I was shocked.”
“I was very lucky in as much as I played a lot of tennis.”
“Your job is not to be perfect, your job is only to be human.”
“The whole [Scotch] nation hitherto has been void of wit and humour, and even incapable of relishing it.”
“Since you got here by not thinking, it seems reasonable to expect that, in order to get out, you must start thinking.”

Source : Norton Juster (2011). “The Phantom Tollbooth 50th Anniversary Edition”, p.31, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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