“Fresh beauty opens one's eyes wherever it is really seen, but the very abundance and completeness of the common beauty that besets our steps prevents its being absorbed and appreciated. It is a good thing, therefore, to make short excursions now and then to the bottom of the sea among dulse and cora…”— John Muir, amazon.com
“The day, yesterday, was fine spring weather. The atmosphere tolerably clear. I rode outside to enjoy the beauty of the scenery.”— Aaron Burr, archive.org
“What’s that on the wall? Okay, this doesn’t happen all the time but I’m sure at some time during his life, when he’s on his back and you’re on top, he would have noticed something he’d never noticed before on the wall.”— Juan Geel, cosmopolitan.co.za