"The day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." Anais Nin or the Jewish Talmud.
"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." Anais Nin 1937
“What do Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common? They have the same middle name,” Ted Cohen (1939-2014), Philosophy, UChicago, author of Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters (1999), which examines the role of humor in creating intimacy and a sense of community.