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Mon 23 Nov 2020

Seeds

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

“The seeds that once were we take flight and fly,
Winnowed to earth, or whirled  along the sky,
Not lost but disunited. Life lives on.
It is the lives, the lives, the lives, that die.”

—Lucretius, Of the Nature of Things (tr.William Ellery Leonard)

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 20 Nov 2020

Give A Damn

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

“If you need them to care more than they do, it won’t happen. Ever.”

—Amy Shock, Thought Catalog

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 19 Nov 2020

Helping

Posted by PJ under help, quote of the day, virtue
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Random quote of the day:

“Stop helping so much. Don’t get your help and goodness all over everybody.”

—Anne Lamott, TED Talk, April 28, 2017

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Wed 18 Nov 2020

Sahara

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

“The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed by the mind’s eye only, fade out in sand.”

—Nadine Gordimer, “Great Problems in the Street,” Telling Times

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 17 Nov 2020

Satchel

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

“There ain’t no man can avoid being born average. But there ain’t no man got to be common.

—Satchel Paige, “Words of the Week,” Jet, September 4, 1958

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Mon 16 Nov 2020

Acceptance

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

“We give lip service to acceptance, as though acceptance were enough.”

—Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower

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Thu 12 Nov 2020

Forgiveness

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

“The trouble with forgiveness is that some people don’t want to be forgiven.”

—Graham Joyce, How to Make Friends with Demons

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Wed 11 Nov 2020

GoodEvil

Posted by PJ under evil, good, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Recognition of the reality of evil necessarily relativizes the good, and the evil likewise, converting both into halves of a paradoxical whole.”

—Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections (tr. Richard and Clara Winston)

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Tue 10 Nov 2020

Mysterious

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

“The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. He who does not know it and can no longer wonder, no longer feel amazement, is as good as dead, a snuffed-out candle.”

—Albert Einstein, The World As I See It (tr. A. Harris)

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Fri 6 Nov 2020

Bridled

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

“Desire urges me on, as fear bridles me.”

—Giordano Bruno, Heroic Frenzies (tr. Paul Eugene Memmo)

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