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Mon 26 Aug 2013

Stop along the way

Posted by PJ under birthdays, death, quote of the day, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:

“There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.”

—George Santayana, Sililoquies

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Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Thu 18 Jul 2013

Sinking into essence

Posted by PJ under death, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“When the body sinks into death, the essence of man is revealed. Man is a knot, a web, a mesh into which relationships are tied. Only those relationships matter. The body is an old crock that nobody will miss. I have never known a man to think of himself when dying. Never.”

—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras, tr. Lewis Galantiere

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Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Fri 12 Jul 2013

The same river, twice

Posted by PJ under death, physics, quote of the day, time
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Random quote of the day:

“People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.”

—Albert Einstein, letter to the family of his friend, Michele Besso, upon
learning of his death, March 1955. Einstein died in April 1955.

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Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Thu 14 Mar 2013

A thief in the night

Posted by PJ under death, poetry, quote of the day, stories
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Random quote of the day:

“Death steals everything except our stories.”

—Jim Harrison, “Larson’s Holstein Bull,” In Search of Small Gods

 

You can read the entire short poem here.

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Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Fri 1 Mar 2013

Quite cross

Posted by PJ under death, quote of the day, trouble
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Random quote of the day:

“To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.”

—Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot

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Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Thu 20 Dec 2012

Hail, Caesar

Posted by PJ under death, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

 

“There is no man so blessed that some who stand by his deathbed won’t hail the occasion with delight.”

—attributed to Marcus Aurelius

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Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Tue 17 Jul 2012

One way ticket

Posted by PJ under death, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

 

“We’re all on Death Row and the only uncertainty is the method of execution and the length of the reprieve.”

—Deepak Chopra, Iconoclasts

 


Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 28 Jun 2012

Take a number

Posted by PJ under death, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

 

“The death rate will be one per person for the foreseeable future.”

—Dr. Francis Collins, The Language of God

 


Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Tue 10 Apr 2012

Ship shape

Posted by PJ under death, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

 

“Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.”

—Samuel Johnson, quoted by James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson

 

 

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 9 Mar 2012

A dying wish granted

Posted by PJ under books, death, reading, video
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This is both joyful and heartbreaking. A friend helps a dying young man find out what happens next in his favorite Harry Turtledove series (The War That Came Early):

You can read the whole story here.

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