Incident

Happiness in this world, when it comes, comes incidentally. Make it the object of pursuit, and it leads us a wild-goose chase, and is never attained. Follow some other object, and very possibly we may find that we have caught happiness without dreaming of it.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, 19th-century American novelist and short story writer

Photo: feeding time at 'Oceanário de Lisboa', Lisboa - Portugal

Ria

I see it all perfectly, there are two possible situations - one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it - you will regret both.

Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, danish philosopher and theologian

Photo: Ria de Aveiro in August - Portugal

Paradise

Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring — it was peace.

Milan Kundera, Franco-Czech novelist, 1929-2023

Os cães são a nossa ligação ao paraíso. Eles não conhecem a maldade, a inveja ou o descontentamento. Sentar-se com um cão ao pé de uma colina numa linda tarde, é voltar ao Éden onde ficar sem fazer nada não era tédio, era paz.

Milan Kundera, Franco-Czech novelist, 1929-2023

Photo: a one year old Siberian Husky