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Tue 7 Nov 2017

Your silence is your own

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

“Hiding behind silence is a particularly odious form of cowardice.”

—Jonathan Carroll, Twitterfeed, May 19, 2013

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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Mon 6 Nov 2017

Mysterious

Posted by PJ under gods, infinity, mysteries, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Mystery has its own mysteries, and there are gods above gods. We have ours, they have theirs. That is what’s known as infinity.”

—Jean Cocteau, “Anubis” in Act 2 of The Infernal Machine

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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Fri 3 Nov 2017

Friendly fear

Posted by PJ under courage and fear, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“When you make friends with fear, it can’t rule you.”

—Anne Lamott, Traveling Mercies

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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Thu 2 Nov 2017

The Dead

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

“Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.”

—W. H. Auden, New York Times, August 8, 1971

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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Wed 1 Nov 2017

Ourselves

Posted by PJ under being human, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“What we really have to share is not any spiritual treasure we imagine we have stored up, but our poverty, our common human situation, our inability to know.”

—Tracy Cochran, “The Night I Died,” Parabola, Summer 2013

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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Tue 31 Oct 2017

Remember me

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

“One lives in the hope of becoming a memory.”

—Antonio Porchia, Voices (tr. W. S. Merwin)

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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Mon 30 Oct 2017

Joy!

Posted by PJ under joy, quote of the day, work
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Random quote of the day:

“Work may be your dominant thought, and joy and afterthought. But joy is your true purpose, and work the afterthought.”

—attributed to Alan Cohen

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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Fri 27 Oct 2017

Everything else

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

“Art is the means we have of undoing the damage of haste. It’s what everything else isn’t.

—Theodore Roethke, Poetry and Craft

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Thu 26 Oct 2017

Unless innocent

Posted by PJ under guilt, innocence, quote of the day, saints
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Random quote of the day:

“Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent.”

—George Orwell, “Reflections of Gandhi”

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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Wed 25 Oct 2017

Honest

Posted by PJ under lies, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:

“There are such things as false truths and honest lies.”

—Gypsy proverb

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