Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.
Books...are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.
Do something every day that you don't want to do; this is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
Summer afternoon - Summer afternoon... the two most beautiful words in the English language.
The pain of making the necessary sacrifices always hurts more than you think it's going to. I know. It sucks. That being said, doing something seriously creative is one of the most amazing experiences one can have, in this or any other lifetime. If you can pull it off, it's worth it. Even if you don't end up pulling it off, you'll learn many incredible, magical, valuable things. It's NOT doing it when you know you full well you HAD the opportunity- that hurts FAR more than any failure.
You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.