"Epicurean wisdom has a melancholy backdrop: flung into the world's misery, man sees that the only clear and reliable value is the pleasure, however paltry, that he can feel for himself: a gulp of cool water, a look at the sky (at God's window), a caress."

- Milan Kundera, Slowness

To that I would like to add: a gig with friends, a day off work, a 6km walk, a nectarine.