I actually got all of these out to the kids as I went out the door, except for Number 1, who’s getting his a bit late today. Didn’t have time for publishing. And I am recycling a cover image.
As a reminder, Lunch Box Quotes are notes I include in the kids’ lunches every day. Number 1 gets a text, and 2-4 get handwritten napkins.
Visual credits to, Featured Image: @fraveris
Quotes: @MericaCulture @Gentleman_Ways @OutlawsPoetic @CuriosityonX @Naturalphilosy
Quotes:
1. “America did not exist. Four centuries of work, bloodshed, loneliness, and fear created this land. We built America, and the process made us Americans.” – John Steinbeck
2. “The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.” – William Wordsworth
3. “Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.” – Albert Camus
4. “A civilization 2,000 light-years away, pointing a powerful enough telescope at Earth right now, would see the Roman Empire. They’d see Jesus alive.” – Curiosity
Bonus Quote: “Love is an agreement between two people to overestimate each other.” – Emil Cioran
Sources:
“America did not exist. Four centuries of work, bloodshed, loneliness, and fear created this land. We built America and the process made us Americans”
-John Steinbeck https://t.co/xMrGIx55RC pic.twitter.com/Pl4y6YwMtX
— 🇺🇸 The American Culturist 🇺🇸 (@MericaCulture) April 28, 2026
“The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.”
-William Wordsworth pic.twitter.com/q0ofBQK3ac
— The Ways of A Gentleman (@Gentleman_Ways) April 28, 2026
“Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.”
— Albert Camus pic.twitter.com/sQAGv8CHI5
— Poetic Outlaws (@OutlawsPoetic) April 24, 2026
🚨: A civilization 2,000 light-years away pointing a powerful enough telescope at Earth right now would see the Roman Empire.
They’d see Jesus alive. pic.twitter.com/WB75hmdc4b
— Curiosity (@CuriosityonX) April 28, 2026
“Love is an agreement between two people to overestimate each other.”
— Emil Cioran pic.twitter.com/j9pGhTOdxN
— Natural Philosophy (@Naturalphilosy) April 23, 2026