It is not often that I get the opportunity to spend long stretches of time with one or two of the children by myself. I am usually the one who travels, so it is just not typically something I get to experience. However, this weekend, The Wife and Number 4 were in Tennessee for a long weekend, and I was home with Numbers 2 and 3. Number 2 always has something going on, so that really meant it was Number 3 and me. It was awesome. Raising daughters is different than raising boys, and I am blessed beyond words to have the opportunity to do both.
Lunch Box Quotes are notes I typically include in the kids’ lunches every day. Since Number 1 is off in college and Number 2 is skipping lunch now (for some reason), they both get a text. Typically, both Numbers 3 and 4 get handwritten notes on napkins, but today a text because writing is still a bit difficult.
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Quotes: @DanielDiMartino @alancornett @KnowledgeArchiv @readswithravi @Lovandfear
Quotes:
1.“Because the price of free things is your freedom.” – Daniel Di Martino
2. “Men cannot improve a society by setting fire to it: they must seek out its old virtues and bring them back into the light.” – Russel Kirk
3. “A conservative is someone who has found something to love and wants to retain it, and to protect it from all the sources of decay. It is a philosophy of love.” – Roger Scruton
4. “Bigger dreams call for healthier habits and healthier habits require more self-discipline.” – Unknown
Bonus Quote: “How can the seed believe that there is a mighty tree hidden inside it?” – Shams-Tabrizi
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The price of free things is your freedom https://t.co/PijbSpfhKk
— Daniel Di Martino (@DanielDiMartino) October 4, 2026
It’s the best time of the year: Kirktober!
Post those Russell Kirk Month quotes, passages, shelfies all month long. Remember Kirk Night on October 19 and, of course, Russell Kirk’s favorite holiday Halloween. https://t.co/AsNQSu9nKi
— Alan Cornett (@alancornett) October 1, 2026
My absolute favorite Roger Scruton quote:
“A conservative is someone who has found something to love and wants to retain it, and to protect it from all the sources of decay. It is a philosophy of love.” https://t.co/6rZ70xCJOr
— The Knowledge Archivist (@KnowledgeArchiv) September 30, 2026
I’m in love with this sentence:
“Bigger dreams call for healthier habits and healthier habits require more self discipline.”
— Reads with Ravi (@readswithravi) October 1, 2026
Some of the greatest things in us are invisible at first. A seed doesn’t look like a tree. A beginning doesn’t look like a destination. And sometimes, you won’t see your potential until you give yourself enough time, patience, and faith to grow. Trust what is still becoming. https://t.co/DanMT8UijC
— 🍂 (@Lovandfear) September 30, 2026