Thu 8 Feb 2018
Posted by PJ under body, love, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“The thing about love is that we come alive in bodies not our own.â€
—Colum McCann, Let the Great World Spin
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Wed 7 Feb 2018
Posted by PJ under nature, poetry, quote of the day, writing
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Random quote of the day:
“Almost every haiku says the same thing: it’s amazing to be alive here.â€
—Billy Collins, The Paris Review, No. 159, Fall 2001
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Tue 6 Feb 2018
Posted by PJ under books, censorship, cover ups, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“Don’t join the book burners. Don’t think you are going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don’t be afraid to go in your library and read every book, as long as that document does not offend our own ideas of decency. That should be the only censorship.â€
—Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dartmouth College Commencement, June 14, 1953
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Fri 2 Feb 2018
Posted by PJ under quote of the day, the path, what the living do
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Random quote of the day:
“Of all the pitfalls in our paths and the tremendous delays and wanderings off the track I want to say that they are not what they seem to be. I want to say that all that seems like fantastic mistakes are not mistakes, all that seems like error is not error; and it all has to be done. That which seems like a false step is the next step.â€
—Agnes Martin, “On the Perfection Underlying Life,†lecture, Institute of Contemporary Art, February 14, 1973
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Thu 1 Feb 2018
Posted by PJ under art, lies, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:
“This is the slyness of art: If you tell enough lies, you’re bound to say something true.â€
—William Meredith, The Paris Review, Issue 95, Spring 1985
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Wed 31 Jan 2018
Posted by PJ under experience, quote of the day, self-knowledge
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Random quote of the day:
“You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.â€
—Albert Camus, The Notebooks
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Tue 30 Jan 2018
Posted by PJ under mysticism, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“It is a grave misconception to regard the mystical process as passing mostly through ecstasies and raptures. On the contrary, it passes just as much through broken hearts and bruised emotions, through painful sacrifices and melancholy renunciations.â€
—Paul Brunton, The Notebooks: Perspectives, Vol. 1
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Mon 29 Jan 2018
Posted by PJ under aging, belief, opinion, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.â€
—F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Bernice Bobs Her Hairâ€
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Fri 26 Jan 2018
Posted by PJ under art, daimons and demons, dreams and dreamtime, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:
“An artist is a creature driven by demons. He don’t (sic) know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why. He is completely amoral in that he will rob, borrow, beg, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done….The writer’s only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then. Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book written. If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ is worth any number of old ladies.â€
—William Faulkner, The Paris Review, Issue 12, Spring 1956
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Thu 25 Jan 2018
Posted by PJ under asceticism, being human, quote of the day, saints, the world
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Random quote of the day:
“In this yogi-ridden age, it is too readily assumed that ‘non-attachment’ is not only better than a full acceptance of earthly life, but that the ordinary man only rejects it because it is too difficult: in other words, that the average human being is a failed saint. It is doubtful whether this is true. Many people genuinely do not wish to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings.â€
—George Orwell, “Reflections on Gandhiâ€
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
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