"My face is a transparent transmitter of my every thought. ...You have the opposite of a poker face. You have like...miniature golf face." All I can say is, this girl is so me!
"That's the thing about a human life-there's no control group, no way to ever know how any of us would have turned out if any variables had been changed." My mom always asks if holding me back in school was the right thing to do-I think this would be a very appropriate and fitting response.
"...a gelateria that serves a frozen rice pudding (and if they don't serve this kind of thing in heaven, then I really don't want to go there)." AMEN SISTER! The only thing good that came out of Demetrios was their heavenly rice pudding.
"...Elizabeth is a food writer. ...a job that requires her to travel around Italy eating food and writing about it for Gourmet..." Wow! I think that might be my dream job! And did I mention that I so want to go back to Europe?!
"Still, I will say that the same thing which has helped generations of Sicilians hold their dignity has helped me begin to recover mine-namely, the idea that the appreciation of pleasure can be an anchor of one's humanity." I'm so sad I didn't go to Sicily when I was in Italy.
"...in India it is considered a given that you need a teacher for you Yoga." I feel like I want a Guru, to help me become more balanced-do you think there are any in Ohio, or just India?
"Destiny, I feel, is also a relationship-a play between divine grace and willful self-effort. Half of it you have no control over; half of it is absolutely in your hands, and your actions will show measurable consequence. Man is neither entirely a puppet of the gods, nor is he entirely the captain of his own destiny; he's a little of both." Fate v. Freewill = Heavy stuff.
"I will not harbor unhealthy thoughts anymore." I think this needs to be my mantra.
Still more to come - I'm on the "Love" part.
