Comfort in the Familiar Quotes

Progress-progress is the dirtiest word in the language-who ever told us- And made us believe it-that to take a step forward was necessarily, was always A good idea?

Before I left home for drama school in England, my father took me outside one night and told me that wherever I was, the moon would shine on both of us. Months later, walking in London, I'd look at the moon and feel his love. Now I've shared the ritual with my own kids.

I know how to live here, I know how everything smells, and tastes, and is. What could I ever search for in the world, except this again?

Familiarity breeds content.

The secret of happiness is to find a congenial monotony.

The movies I was scared by at three or four are now some of my favorite movies of all time.

The essence of boredom is to be found in the obsessive search for novelty. Satisfaction lies in mindful repetition, the discovery of endless richness in subtle variations on familiar themes.

It requires a certain kind of bravery, I suppose, to choose the status quo. There's a certain boldness to inaction.