Life Starts All Over Again When It Gets Crisp In The Fall.

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”

—

F. Scott Fitzgerald

“With distaste, Harriet reflected upon how life had beaten down the adults she knew, every single grown-up. Something strangled them as they grew older, made them doubt their own powers–laziness? Habit? Their grip slackened; they stopped fighting and resigned themselves to what happened. ‘That’s Life.’ That’s what they all said. ‘That’s Life, Harriet, that’s just how it is, you’ll see.’”

— Donna Tartt, The Little Friend

A river no more begins at its source than a story begins with the first page.

Once Upon a River; Diane Setterfield

We are very good at preparing to live, but not very good at living. We know how to sacrifice ten years for a diploma, and we are willing to work very hard to get a job, a car, a house, and so on. But we have difficulty remembering that we are alive in the present moment, the only moment there is for us to be alive.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

There were a great many inns along the upper reaches of the Thames at the time of this story and you could get drunk in all of them, but beyond the usual ale and cider, each one had some particular pleasure to offer.

Once Upon a River - Diane Setterfield

𝙾𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝟺, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟷 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚒𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝙾𝚏 𝙵𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚣 𝙺𝚊𝚏𝚔𝚊, 𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟶 -𝟷𝟿𝟷𝟹