Five things on appreciating the quiet details of daily life:
“Happiness is in the quiet, ordinary things. A table, a chair, a book with a paper-knife stuck between the pages. And the petal falling from the rose, and the light flickering as we sit silent.” — Virginia Woolf
“I am sitting at my kitchen table waiting for my lover to arrive with lettuce and tomatoes and rum and sherry wine and a big floury loaf of bread in the fading sunlight. Coffee is percolating gently, and my mood is mellow. I have been very happy lately, just wallowing in it selfishly, knowing it will not last very long, which is all the more reason to enjoy it now.” — Tennessee Williams
“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.” ― Nikos Kazantzakis
“The true work of improving things is in the little achievements of the day, and that’s what you need to enjoy.” — Celine, Before Sunrise
“The true secret of happiness is taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.” — William Morris
