- Robert Heinlein, science fiction author (deceased)

Oops - yes forgot the attribution. Thanks!

"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident."

- Arthur Schopenhauer

Ah, see... I had thought it sounded familiar, but then I thought that Tigerle had meant it for a different thread and just left it there.

Confusion all around!

Sorry guys, it was a joke! A joke!
Was practically melting trying to catch up on housework because it was so hot already in the morning, wanting to play because I thought it was a fun thread, but all my brain kept resonating with was just how much rather I'd be messing about on the river in boats. So I put that. It's one of my favourites, anyway.

Hope you are having a good summer messing about wherever y'all!

I've loved this quote for over 20 years:

Your life feels different on you, once you greet death and understand your heart's position. You wear your life like a garment from the mission bundle sale ever after -- lightly because you realize you never paid nothing for it, cherishing because you know you won't ever come by such a bargain again.
- Louise Erdrich

Would W.Wordsworth, Splendor In the Grass quote fit here?
What though the radiance which was once so bright
Be now forever taken from my sight,
Though nothing can bring back the hour
Of splendor in the grass,of glory in the flower
We will grieve not,rather find
Strength in what remains behind,
In the primal sympathy
Which having been must ever be;
In the soothing thoughts that spring
Out of human suffering;
In the faith that looks through death,
In years that that bring the philosophic mind.
William Wordsworth

This is so beautiful.
Thanks for posting.
I'll be re-reading this.
I looked up the author: She has more than 2 dozen published books to her credit, and has a bookstore.

Thanks for posting this meaningful poem. It is both solemn and inspirational.

Tigerle, "messing about in boats" is a favorite quote in our house, too!