Subtlety Seeker Gifts

Books: Very Subtle, Just a Little Subtle, and Not At All Subtle.

"Behold the secret to happiness."

"I throw this ball, you go get it and bring it back — everything else will fall into place."

“Who’s a good boy that doesn’t feel obliged to prove it by holding too many interesting literary and social opinions?”

The World's Easiest Airport

He can lean back in contentment on cowslip banks and let everything wash over him.

"We needn't have a fancy home, just a place to rest when we no longer roam."

The cat taught her to live life to the fullest. Which, for an indoor cat, means eat, sleep and stare out the window.

New York Netherworld

Not much money, glory, or praise

'I enjoy the old-fashioned pleasures - a walk on the beach, plain food and piles of cash.'

(First signs) (A half loaf of bread, ... a jug and a half of wine, and thou beside me.)

'It's Dick Cheney's biography.'

Finally there is the right product for real men!"

Thought bubble mirrors the cloud in the sky.

No cell phones, tv or internet for a week. It's creepy. What's that annoying sound? Silence? It's awful. I can hear myself think!

"I'm the bluebird of low expectations."

'Occam's famed tool of parsimony.'

'Silent type, eh?'

'Sheisse ... What ein dream!' - Freud

Working from OM.

'Yes sir, Thoreau had the right idea.'

"I said, the brewery has rather overdone the ambiance in here..."

'Does any of your bread just have bread in it?'

'No thanks. I'm just squinting...'

"We’re trying to inject a little pastoralism into our lives."

Feathered frenzy

'So what if we don't have running water?!'

"I need an apartment just big enough for a laptop, a coffee cup, and me."

"You're lucky you're a U.S. citizen and this is America! The government has generously offered you five free guesses about what you're charged with and where you're going to be secretly detained."

'No reason, other than that fishing relieves stress.'

"At last - no Trump."

Arabian island

"C’mon, Sara. Like you wouldn’t consider – even for a second – accepting an iPhone from the devil."

"After six weeks of camping out here to observe our operations, the design firm has created a new logo. It's our company's name in blue lower-case letters."