standing out

birch, originally uploaded by McBeth.

It's odd how people waiting for you stand out far less clearly than people you are waiting for.

-- Jean Giraudoux

social hour

gallery night, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Society is no comfort to one not sociable.

-- William Shakespeare

gold

work it out, originally uploaded by McBeth.

He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.

-- Jeremy Taylor

the gift of glow

glowing gift, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Let us all bask in television's warm glowing warming glow.

-- Homer Simpson

high heights

test: lab color, originally uploaded by McBeth.

Those who can soar to the highest heights can also plunge to the deepest depths, and the natures which enjoy most keenly are those which also suffer most sharply.

-- Lucy Maud Montgomery

tiny successes

sssshhh..., originally uploaded by McBeth.

Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.

-- Norman Lear

i am convinced

bubblemobile , originally uploaded by McBeth.

That proves you are unusual, returned the Scarecrow; and I am convinced the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.

-- Lyman Frank Baum