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Fri 21 Sep 2018

Never quite right

Posted by PJ under being human, poetry, quote of the day, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:

“all the things we are
taught, all the loves we chase, all the deaths we
die, all the lives we live,
they are never quite right…”

—Charles Bukowski, “Cut While Shaving”

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Thu 20 Sep 2018

An orderly universe

Posted by PJ under books, libraries, quote of the day, the universe
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Random quote of the day:

“The closest you will ever come in this life to an orderly universe is a good library.”

—Ashleigh Brilliant, Pot-Shots

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Tue 18 Sep 2018

The pearl

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

“Somewhere along the line I knew there’d be girls, visions, everything: somewhere along the line the pearl would be handed to me.”

—Jack Kerouac, On the Road

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Fri 14 Sep 2018

Rain

Posted by PJ under disasters, poetry, quote of the day, weather
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Random quote of the day:

“In what language does rain fall over tormented cities?”

—Pablo Neruda, The Book of Questions, LXVI (tr. William O’Daly)

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Wed 12 Sep 2018

Stillness

Posted by PJ under myth, quote of the day, stillness
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Random quote of the day:

“Many myths, sacred stories, and rituals are attempts to recreate a sense of stillness.”

—Swami Chetanananda, “Stillness,” Parabola, Vol. XVII, No. 3, Fall 1992

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Tue 11 Sep 2018

Read

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

“Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.”

—Joyce Carol Oates, The Faith of A Writer

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Mon 10 Sep 2018

Honor

Posted by PJ under honor, quote of the day, reputation
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Random quote of the day:

“Reputation is what other people know about you. Honor is what you know about yourself.”

—Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Companion

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Wed 5 Sep 2018

Novelists

Posted by PJ under novels, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“Novelists secrete a certain BO, which only other novelists detect…”

—Walker Percy, The Paris Review, Issue 103, Summer 1987

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Tue 4 Sep 2018

Pieces

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

“You have to begin to lose your memory, if only in bits and pieces, to realize that memory is what makes our lives.”

—Luis Buñuel, My Last Breath

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Fri 31 Aug 2018

On your own

Posted by PJ under being human, growth, human nature, quote of the day, solitude, the self
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Random quote of the day:

“You can survive on your own; can grow strong on your own; prevail on your own; but you cannot become human on your own.”

—Frederick Buechner, The Sacred Journey: A Memoir of Early Days

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