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Tue 3 Apr 2018

Samba

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

“The arc of the moral universe retreats and advances like a samba.”

—Teju Cole, Twitterfeed, June 26, 2013

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Thu 29 Mar 2018

Insights

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

“Insight is a breakthrough, requiring much intellectual dismantling and dislocation. It begins with a mental interim, with the cultivation of a feeling for the unfamiliar, unparalleled, incredible. It is in being involved with a phenomenon, being intimately engaged to it, courting it, as it were, that after much perplexity and embarrassment we come upon insight—upon a way of seeing the phenomenon from within.”

—Abraham J. Heschel, The Prophets

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Wed 28 Mar 2018

Eccentric!

Posted by PJ under art, eccentricity, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Great art is the result of eccentric, individual passions, not test screenings, market research, and crowd sourcing.”

—Sherman Alexie, Twitterfeed, 1/26/12

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Tue 27 Mar 2018

Silence

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

“The silence doesn’t seem to care. It is simply there for anyone who has ears to hear. It is so huge and so intense. It has the sweetness of a balm and the heat of a fire.”

—Nicole Oxenhandler, The Wishing Year

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Mon 26 Mar 2018

Anti-joie

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

“To know rapture is to have one’s whole life poisoned. If you will forgive a ridiculous analogy, a tincture of rapture is like a red bandana in the laundry that runs and turns all the white wash pink. We should just as soon stay away from any future ecstatic experiences which spoil everyday living by comparison.

—Philip Lopate, “Against Joie de Vivre,” Against Joie de Vivre: Personal Essays

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Fri 23 Mar 2018

Magic

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

“Magic is as old as man. It is found as far back as evidence of human existence runs and has influenced religion, art, agriculture, industry, science, government, and social institutions. The western tradition of magic was born in the Roman world at about the same time as Christ, but its ultimate ancestry is veiled in the mists and cloudbanks of prehistory.”

—Richard Cavendish, A History of Magic

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Thu 22 Mar 2018

Butterfly

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

“His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly’s wings.”

—Ernest Hemingway on F. Scott Fitzgerald, A Moveable Feast

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Wed 21 Mar 2018

Victorious

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

“Love defeats philosophy, semantics, psychology and plain sense. That is how you know it’s love.”

—Joyce Carol Oates, Twitterfeed, June 18, 2013

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Tue 20 Mar 2018

Spoken bird

Posted by PJ under birds, proverb, quote of the day, words
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Random quote of the day:

“A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not returns.”

—Jewish proverb

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Fri 16 Mar 2018

Morning

Posted by PJ under heaven, morning, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“The morning’s the size of heaven.
What will you do with it?”

—Mark Doty, “Long Point Light”

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