Tyger Tyger

Leningrad | WWII

During the three-year siege, about 800,000 people died. That’s nearly the entire population of the Salt Lake Valley or San Francisco.

Wallowing doesn’t work. Happiness is not found through self-pity; it’s found through gratitude.

This moist herby turkey recipe took several years to perfect. It’s juicy, moist, and everything a turkey should be. Now I’m giving it to you.

You want to hear true joy? Listen to a baby laugh. It’s magic.

Poland is an embodiment of the indomitability of the human spirit.

Human compassion and love overcomes the worst sort of circumstances, bridging the divide of religion, race, and country.

Maybe crying out all the bad uncovered the good, the hope and the optimism that were just being obscured by the darkness.

What could we as humans accomplish if we didn’t need to worry about survival? What could we create? Feeding the world bring happiness. Be happy.

Hunger breaks people down, depriving them of happiness, of the will to go on, to improve, to be better.

The Poles are a surprisingly resilient people, weathering adversity and powering through the storms of history.

I didn’t see this book as a failure of the class system, I saw it as a triumph over it.

By simplifying my bedtime regimen, I can look forward to going to bed without navigating the minefield of routine.