Tue 6 Jun 2023
Posted by PJ under death, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“The Earth that had fed you now will eat you.”
—Greek proverb, spoken to the deceased at a funeral
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Thu 1 Jun 2023
Posted by PJ under dragons, myth, poetry, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“How should we be able to forget those ancient myths about dragons that at the last moment turned into princesses; perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
—Rainier Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet, Letter 8
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Wed 31 May 2023
Posted by PJ under courage and fear, desire, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“There is no fear for one whose mind is not filled with desires.”
—Gautama Buddha, Dhammapada
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Tue 30 May 2023
Posted by PJ under memories, quote of the day, thin places, time
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Random quote of the day:
“Time, as we know it, is the original shape-shifter. Now the line of it runs straight as an old railway track; now it is a circle—many circles, in fact. Now it dances without moving—to and fro across millennia—around the whole turning world, filling the night sky with bounding green lights. Past, future, present: the unbidden, ineffable gift of it all. Memory is like a white moth in flight. Sometimes she comes so close that we can see the light falling into the hidden parts of ancient markings. On other days we cannot see her but we feel the delicate wing-beat down deep, in beside our bones.
—Kerri ní Dochartaigh, Thin Places
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Thu 25 May 2023
Posted by PJ under disagreeable, heaven, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“When I reflect upon the number of disagreeable people who I know have gone to a better world, I am moved to lead a different life.
—Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson’s Calendar
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Wed 24 May 2023
Posted by PJ under hearts, love, quote of the day, vulnerable
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Random quote of the day:
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly be broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket — safe, dark, motionless, airless — it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. The alternative to tragedy, or at least to the risk of tragedy, is damnation. The only place outside of Heaven where you can be perfectly safe from all the dangers and perturbations of love is Hell.”
—C. S. Lewis, The Four Loves
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Tue 23 May 2023
Posted by PJ under history, humility, kindness, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“[History has taught me] kindness: we exist because many before us have survived hardship and have chosen to share their space, resources and stories. And humility as a scholar: we very rarely discover anything but reinterpret and add to palimpsests.”
—Prof. Olivette Otele, History Today, Volume 68, Issue 1, January 2018
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Thu 18 May 2023
Posted by PJ under food, gods, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“Man becomes the food of the divinity he worships.
—Hindu proverb
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Wed 17 May 2023
Posted by PJ under quote of the day, the present
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Random quote of the day:
“Even when we’re finally where we want to be—with the person we love, with the things we struggled for—our eyes are still on the horizon. They’re still on where to go next, what to do next, what we want the person we love to do and be. If we just stay where we are in the present moment, seeing what we’re seeing and hearing what we’re hearing and forgetting everything else, we feel we’re about to die; and our mind tortures us until we think of something else to live for. We have to keep finding a way away from where we are, into what we imagine is the future.
—Peter Kingsley, In the Dark Places of Wisdom
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Tue 16 May 2023
Posted by PJ under art, poetry, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.”
—Vincent Van Gogh, letter to Theo Van Gogh, March 18, 1883
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