Well, this is the second instalment of me trying out recipes from my favourite cookbook. Let's see how this one turned out.

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Today the world changes so quickly that in growing up we take leave not just of youth but of the world we were young in. Fear and resentment of what is new is really a lament for the memories of our childhood.

- Sir Peter Medawar

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

- Louis L'Amour

I've been through it all, baby. I'm Mother Courage

- Elizabeth Taylor

(from quoteland.com)

If you don't have solid beliefs you cannot build a stable life. Beliefs are like the foundation of a building, and they are the foundation to build your life upon.

- Alfred A. Montapert

(courtesy of quoteland.com)

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

As always from quoteland.com, and just so, so true.

"When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing."

- Enrique Jardiel Poncela

Our gifts seem so small in comparison to God's. But our efforts count, even though like Simeon we only stretch out our arms in the patience of faith so that we may receive the Holy Gift. Even though we only wait, poor and yearning in the darkness, in fervent longing for the proclamation, we are ready, and may help bring about the fullness of time.

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Life is known only by those who have found a way to be comfortable with change and the unknown. Given the nature of life, there may be no security, but only adventure.

- Rachel Naomi Remen

"An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather."

- Washington Irving

I'm home, by the way.