This work is a collection of aphorisms written by me and annotated by a friend. They come from larger thoughts which, as is customary nowadays, have been condensed. They express two women's approach to daily life, full of common sense but not, because of that, less acute or ironic. They can be used to escape from the prison of one's habitual way of thinking, taking one towards a greater freedom from patterns of thoughts and habits. This little book is suitable for reading multiple times; its sentences can be used as text messages; they can also be written in journals, on subway walls, on kitchen blackboards. They welcome the reader into the realm of those who think while still smiling.