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Wed 19 Nov 2014

Untarnished paradise

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

“There are no limits to paradise. Any paradise worth the name can sustain all the flaws in creation and remain undiminished, untarnished.”

—Henry Miller, Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymous Bosch

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Mon 25 Oct 2010

O Paradise

Posted by PJ under books, paradise, quote of the day, review
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Random quote of the day:

“The kingdom is here, happening, unfolding, blooming, proliferating, even in the midst of doom and disaster. Just turn (that is what repent really means), turn and look from a different angle. Paradise is here, even now.”

—Elizabeth Cunningham, The Passion of Mary Magdalen

This is a remarkable book: earthy, reverent, irreverent, pagan, Christian, funny, moving. You can read my full review of it here.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 15 Oct 2010

The need for speed

Posted by PJ under cars, paradise, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“My idea of paradise is a perfect automobile going thirty miles an hour on a smooth road to a twelfth-century cathedral.”

—Henry Adams, letter to his niece, Mabel La Forge, 1902

The quote is often misattributed to Henry James, including—shockingly!—by Billy Collins in The Trouble with Poetry. I realize it would be more startling, more poetical even, if James had said it, but Adams was quite the hep cat himself and not to be sneezed at.

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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