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Mon 28 Nov 2022

Emotions

Posted by PJ under feelings, imagination, quote of the day, reality
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Random quote of the day:

“In the realm of the emotions, the real is indistinguishable from the imaginary.”

—André Gide, The Counterfeiters

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Bert and Ernie, Celine Dion, or the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Mon 3 Oct 2022

Scratching

Posted by PJ under feelings, irony, novels, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“The novelist who refuses sentiment refuses the full spectrum of human behavior, and then he just dries up. Irony is always scratching your tired ass, whatever way you look at it, I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.”

—Jim Harrison, Conversations With Jim Harrison, ed. Robert DeMott

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Mon 14 Feb 2022

Chance

Posted by PJ under chance, feelings, genius, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“The first thing for a writer to learn is the art of transposing what he feels into what he wants to make others feel. The first few times he succeeds by chance. But then talent must take the place of chance. Hence there is an element of chance at the root of genius.”

—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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Wed 4 Oct 2017

Ancient walls

Posted by PJ under feelings, protection, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Every sensitive person carries in himself old cities enclosed by ancient walls.”

—Robert Walser, “The Little Berliner,” Selected Stories (tr. Christopher Middleton)

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 13 Feb 2017

Passions

Posted by PJ under feelings, hearts, passion, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“In the human heart there is a perpetual generation of passions, such that the ruin of one is almost always the foundation of another.”

—François de La Rochefoucauld, Maxim 10, Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims

 

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 9 Sep 2016

Form follows

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

“Something that you feel will find its own form.”

—Jack Kerouac, Belief and Technique for Modern Prose

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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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Wed 30 Jul 2014

Threshold

Posted by PJ under feelings, grief, healing, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Grief can have qualities of profound healing because we are forced to a depth of feeling that is usually below the threshold of our awareness.”

—Stephen and Ondrea Levine,
Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying

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Tue 8 Jul 2014

As said by someone who calls it “Poitry”

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

“Poetry, the arts, require feeling—on the part of the reader and observer, as well as the writer. Poetry is participatory, it requires, after feeling, response; and after response it demands movement, action.”

—Jan Freeman, “Breathe-in Experience, Breath-out Poetry”

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Mon 2 Jun 2014

Emo

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

“A first-rate scientist, or a fine prose writer, is able to say, ‘How can I know a good poem? I can tell an honest piece of work in my own field from a phony piece of work, but how can I tell a fine poem from a phony poem?’ And what has to be said to such a question is that these are people who cannot trust their emotional reactions, their total reactions.”

—Muriel Rukeyser, The Life of Poetry

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Fri 24 Jan 2014

Stirred

Posted by PJ under feelings, intelligence, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“The emotions of man are stirred more quickly than man’s intelligence.”

—Oscar Wilde, “The Soul of Man Under Socialism”

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