“She wanted summer; fields of daisies; seas misty with moonrise or purple with sunset; companionship." ― Lucy Maud Montgomery, Emily's Quest

 Like anyone nostalgic for a time he didn't live through, I chose to weed out the little inconveniences: polio, say, or the thought of eating stewed squirrel. The world was simply grander back then, somehow more civilized, and nicer to look at.

-David Sedaris