“Alternating periods of activity and rest is necessary to survive, let alone thrive. Capacity, interest, and mental endurance all wax and wane. Plan accordingly.”
“Love is like the moon: if it's not waxing, it's waning, but it's the same as the last time, always the same.”
“Each "way of thinking" has its own shape and color, which wax and wane like the moon.”
“and yet a child’s utter innocence is but its blank ignorance, and the innocence more or less wanes as intelligence waxes.”
“And for him, who lived in a certain circle, and who required some mental activity such as usually develops with maturity, having views was as necessary as having a hat.”
“Surviving ain't thriving.”