daily photo blog by Alicia Millane

Friday, September 30, 2016

September 30, 2016





Life is to be used, not just held in the hand like a box of bonbons that nobody eats.

- John Dos Passos, Three Soldiers

Thursday, September 29, 2016

September 29, 2016





Scottie P.: I'm rocking that Monkey Maze, y'know what I'm sayin'?
David Clark: What's Monkey Maze?
Scottie P.: Oh, it's like Terrifying Deathtrap, but for little kids.

- We're The Millers

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

September 28, 2016





My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them.

- Mitch Hedberg

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

September 27, 2016



There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.

- Jascha Heifetz

Monday, September 26, 2016

September 26, 2016




Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

不怕慢,就怕停


bú pà màn ,jiù pà tíng

- Chinese Proverb

Sunday, September 25, 2016

September 25, 2016





There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.

- G.K. Chesterton

Saturday, September 24, 2016

September 24, 2016




China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

- Charles de Gaulle

Friday, September 23, 2016

September 23, 2016



Once a year, go someplace you have never been before.

- Dalai Lama

Thursday, September 22, 2016

September 22, 2016




Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.

- Chief Seattle

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

September 21, 2016




Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.

- Danielle Steel

Tuesday, September 20, 2016

September 20, 2016




Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.

- Vince Lombardi

Monday, September 19, 2016

September 19, 2016





Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.

- Buddha

Sunday, September 18, 2016

September 18, 2016




You can tell a lot from a person's nails. When a life starts to unravel, they're among the first to go.

- Ian McEwan

Saturday, September 17, 2016

September 17, 2016




I don't think that you can let the storms of life overwhelm you. When you do that, you are no better than the craziness that caused you to be under attack.

- T. D. Jakes

Friday, September 16, 2016

September 16, 2016





Desserts is just stressed spelled backwards.

- G.A. Wilson

Thursday, September 15, 2016

September 15, 2016





The Empire State, a lonely dinosaur, rose sadly at midtown, highest tower, tallest mountain, longest road, King Kong's eyrie, meant to moor airships, alas.

- Vincent Scully

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

September 14, 2016





Skyscraper National Park

- Kurt Vonnegut

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

September 13, 2016




A cloudless plain blue sky is like a flowerless garden.

- Terri Guillemets, "Porch swing thoughts,"

Monday, September 12, 2016

September 12, 2016





The path of humanity is always coordinated with heaven and earth in the alternation of movement and stillness. Human energy is always in communion with heaven and earth in the alteration of exhalation and inhalation.

- “Heaven and Earth,” c. Ming dynasty work Anthology on the Cultivation of Realization by unknown author, translated by Thomas Cleary in Taoist Meditation

Sunday, September 11, 2016

September 11, 2016




I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

- Abraham Lincoln

Saturday, September 10, 2016

September 10, 2016




When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves.

- Viktor E. Frankl

Friday, September 9, 2016

September 09, 2016





I believe life is precious; I believe that to the marrow of my bones.

- Richard Mourdock

Thursday, September 8, 2016

September 08, 2016




Johnny: Hey, I'm gonna give you to the count of ten, to get your ugly, yella, no-good keister off my property, before I pump your guts full of lead! 1, 2, 10!
Kevin McCallister: A lovely cheese pizza, just for me.

- Home Alone

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

September 07, 2016




I think the best pictures are often on the edges of any situation, I don't find photographing the situation nearly as interesting as photographing the edges.

- William Albert Allard, "The Photographic Essay"

Tuesday, September 6, 2016

September 06, 2016




A bargain is something you can't use at a price you can't resist.

- Franklin P. Jones

Monday, September 5, 2016

September 05, 2016




When winds and waves a mutual contest wage,
These foaming anger, those impelling rage;
Thy blissful light can cheer the dismal gloom,
And foster hopes beyond a wat'ry doom.

- John William Smith, "The Lighthouse," Terrors of Imagination, and Other Poems

Sunday, September 4, 2016

September 04, 2016





I have never known birds of different species to flock together. The very concept is unimaginable. Why, if that happened, we wouldn't stand a chance! How could we possibly hope to fight them?

- The Birds

Saturday, September 3, 2016

September 03, 2016



Family is the most important thing in the world.

- Princess Diana

Friday, September 2, 2016

September 02, 2016




It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

- William Shakespeare

Thursday, September 1, 2016

September 01, 2016




I like the order and simplicity of sports. They have an ending. You can argue with your friends about it, but in the end, you still like sports. I almost love the fantasy world of sports more than the real world.

- Norm MacDonald