Mark Twain


The two most important days of your life are
 the day you are born and the day you are find out Why....



...Letter to his wife on their wedding day ...

Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In the Art of Marriage, the little things are the big things. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say ‘I love you’ at least once a day. It is never going to sleep angry. It is at no time taking the other for granted; the courtship should not end with the honeymoon; it should continue through all the years.

It is having a mutual sense of values and common objectives. It is standing together facing the world.
 It is forming a circle of love that gathers in the whole family. It is doing things for each other not in the attitude of duty or sacrifice, but in the spirit of joy.

 It is speaking words of appreciation and demonstrating gratitude in thoughtful ways. It is not expecting the husband to wear a halo or the wife to have the wings of an angel. It is not looking for perfection in each other. It is cultivating flexibility, patience, understanding and a sense of humor. It is having the capacity to forgive and forget. It is giving each other an atmosphere in which each can grow. It is finding rooms for things of the spirit. It is a common search for the good and the beautiful. It is establishing a relationship in which the independence is equal, dependence is mutual and obligation is reciprocal. It is not only marrying the right partner, it is being the right partner."

Paul Newman

Stresa














Venezia


Venezia, metà donna, metà pesce, è una sirena che si disfà di una palude dell'Adriatico.
 Jean Cocteau - Il mio primo viaggio, 1937

A Venezia  vai da innamorata ... con l'innamorato ... e ti innamori di tutto quello che vedi.
Ho girato con la cartina in mano ma mi sono sentita piacevolmente una "vagabonda".






La caduta dei Giganti


DI KEN FOLLETT

Secondo mio parere più storia che thriller.
Narra i coinvolgimenti di 5 famiglie del ceto povero medio e ricco ( una russa una inglese una gallese una americana e una tedesca ) nella prima guerra mondiale.
Attuale per capire come gli interessi dei grandi poteri trascinano nella guerra i popoli e le nazioni