On [:] Happiness | William Lyon Phelps, 1927 / Dorothy Parker, 1893-1967

Jamie Wyeth, Bathtub, 1965

“The happiest people are those who think the most interesting thoughts. Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good company, good conversation, are the happiest people in the world. And they are not only happy in themselves, they are the cause of happiness in others.”

William Lyon Phelps, Happiness, 1927

William Lyon Phelps’s Happiness : It is second only to a rubber duck as the ideal bathtub companion. It may be held in the hand without causing muscular fatigue … and it may be read through before the water has cooled. And if it slips down the drain pipe, all right, it slips down the drain pipe.

Dorothy Parker, 1893-1967