my favorite moment of the day is twilight – that moment after sunset and before darkness, when the air around you is dark, but the sky is still light and the trees and buildings are sharp, black silhouettes. it is the quietest time of day, the moment when the earth holds its breath. the other night, i was on the train coming home from work, and i looked up from my book and out the window at the twilight, and thought, when i am old, all i want is to spend every evening sitting on a porch somewhere watching this moment, holding my breath as the color drains from the sky and the darkness gathers. it is the closest thing i know to peace on earth.