Quotemeal for Sunday, January 1, 1950

"Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols."

— Thomas Mann

More Quotemeal

"We must welcome the night. It's the only time that the stars shine."

— Michel Quoist —

"Without respect, love cannot go far or rise high: it is an angel with but one wing."

— Alexander Dumas —

"It is a vain thought to flee from the work that God appoints us, for the sake of finding a greater blessing, instead of seeking it where alone it is to be found..."

— George Eliot —