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Tue 30 Nov 2021

Diary

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

“Writing for a hostile world discouraged me. Writing for the diary gave me the illusion of a warm ambiance I needed to flower in.”

—Anaïs Nin

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Mon 29 Nov 2021

Sorrow

Posted by PJ under food, grief, quote of the day, sorrow
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Random quote of the day:

“Sorrow is food swallowed too quickly, caught in the throat, making it nearly impossible to breathe.”

—Jessmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Tue 23 Nov 2021

Uncertainty

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

“It’s cramped and irrational to say that there is no God. And premature. Because we are all pathetically ignorant of the universe.”

—Martin Amis, quoted in Matt Labash, “It’s OK to Say ‘I Don’t Know,’” Washington Examiner, March 14, 2018

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Mon 22 Nov 2021

Respect

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, religion, respect
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Random quote of the day:

“We must respect the other fellow’s religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.”

—H. L. Mencken, Minority Report

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Thu 18 Nov 2021

Oppression

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

“No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger than its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise.”

―Marian Anderson, quoted by the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Wed 17 Nov 2021

Conquerors

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

“The moral for conquerors of empires is that if they substitute savagery for civilization they are doomed.”

—George Bernard Shaw, Geneva

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Mon 15 Nov 2021

Reason

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

“I know that there is a reason for everything. Perhaps at the moment that an event occurs we have neither the insight nor the foresight to comprehend the reason, but with time and patience it will come to light.”

—Brian L. Weiss, M.D., Many Lives, Many Masters

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Fri 12 Nov 2021

Fey

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

“People seem to forget that the fey are ultimately not of this world. And also, more people forget that we and our survival are actually inconsequential to most things that aren’t us.”

—Morgan Daimler, Fairies: A Guide to the Celtic Fair Folk

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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Thu 11 Nov 2021

Lives

Posted by PJ under influences, life, necessity, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“The life most of us live are lives we are forced to live by immediate needs, influences, and pressures.”

—Walter Mosley, Black Genius: African-American Solutions to African-American Problems

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Wed 10 Nov 2021

Buddha

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

“It is easy to imagine a European converted to Buddhism—because it assures him of survival—which Buddha considers an incurable misfortune, but which the European desires with all his strength.”

—Albert Camus, Notebooks 1942-1952 (tr. Justin O’Brien)

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

 

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