Reading of the week

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times;
It was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness;
It was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity;
It was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness;
It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair;
We had everything before us, we had nothing before us;
We were all going directly to Heaven, we were all going the other way.
-Charles Dickens

Close up:
"We are born naked, wet and hungry. Then things get worse." :)
~ Unknown.