Palmieris Restaurant Quotes & Sayings

Poetry's role is to provide spontaneous individual candor as distinct from manipulation and brainwash. — Allen Ginsberg

The best antidote to worry, I have always believed, is work and more work ... — Helena Rubinstein

He smiled down at her. Truly. I think a man may find happiness-or discontent- no matter if he has a full belly or not. — Elizabeth Hoyt

What does not benefit the hive is no benefit to the bee. — Marcus Aurelius

What father ever gave up his son to death for the sake of his slave! — St. Catherine Of Siena

Aligning your body clock to the new environment requires a phase shift. It takes one day per time zone to shift. Advance or retard your body clock as many days before your trip as the number of time zones you'll be crossing. Before traveling east, get into sunlight early in the day. Before traveling west, avoid sunlight early by keeping the curtains drawn, and instead expose yourself to bright light in the evening, to simulate what would be late afternoon sun in your destination. Once you're on the plane, if you're westbound, keep the overhead reading lamp on, even if it is your home bedtime. When you arrive in the western city, exercise lightly by taking a walk in the sun. That sunlight will delay the production of melatonin in your body. If you're on an eastbound plane, wear eye shades to cover your eyes two hours or so before sunset in your destination city, to acclimate yourself to the new "dark" time. — Daniel J. Levitin

It was so beautiful', he said. 'the Three Pagodas Pass must be one of the loveliest places in the world. you've got this broad valley with the river running down it, and the jungle forest, and the mountains ... we used to sit by the river and watch the sun setting behind the mountains, sometimes, and say what a marvellous place it would be to come to for a holiday. however terrible a prison camp may be, it makes a difference if its beautiful. — Nevil Shute

Not knowing why is the hardest part. — Kate Le Vann

Every once in a while, the darkness was too much. It had been quite some time since I had woken up in the middle of the night and into an abyss of terror. But here I was ... I couldn't soothe myself ... But if that person had been accessible to me, I wouldn't have been in the state I was in to begin with. [pp. 195-196] — Dani Shapiro