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Wed 6 Feb 2019

Occasions

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

“Never write a poem about anything that ought to have a poem written about it.”

—Richard Hugo, The Triggering Town

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Tue 5 Feb 2019

Bonfire

Posted by PJ under action and activism, fire, quote of the day, the self
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Random quote of the day:

“When you do something, you should burn yourself completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of yourself.”

—Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

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Mon 4 Feb 2019

Songs

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

“It is not the fault of jays that they were assigned ‘raucous’ calls. It is not the virtue of song sparrows that they sing so beautifully.”

—Joyce Carol Oates, Twitterfeed, April 10, 2014

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Fri 1 Feb 2019

Good and evil

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

“What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.”

—Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 154 (tr. Helen Zimmern)

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Thu 31 Jan 2019

Loved

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

“No one has ever loved anyone the way everyone wants to be loved.”

—Mignon McLaughlin, The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook

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Wed 30 Jan 2019

Voice

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

“I think ‘finding your voice’ is a false concept. It leads you to believe that it’s out there somewhere, like it’s behind the sofa cushions. I think your voice is always inside of you, and you find it by releasing things into your work that you have inside. I grew by allowing aspects of myself that I had previously excluded into my poetry.”

—Billy Collins, The Paris Review, Fall 2001, No. 159

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Tue 29 Jan 2019

Speak

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

“Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind—even if your voice shakes.”

—Maggie Kuhn, Maggie Kuhn: A Dialogue, ed. Dieter T. Hessel

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Mon 28 Jan 2019

Money

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

“When a fellow says, “It hain’t the money, but th’ principle o’ the thing,” it’s th’ money.”

—Kin Hubbard, Hoss Sense and Nonsense

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Fri 25 Jan 2019

Faith

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

“There is perhaps no better proof for the existence of God than that year after year the whole God enterprise survives despite the way the professionally godly promote it.”

—Frederick Buechner, Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC’s of Faith

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Wed 23 Jan 2019

Ghosts

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

“What else is a poem made of? Well, yes, ghosts.
But ghosts are only what accidents give birth to
once you have learned how to make accidents happen
purposefully enough to beget ghosts.”

—John Ciardi, “No White Bird Sings”

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