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Tue 6 Nov 2012

Within

Posted by PJ under angels, quote of the day, soul, the self
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Random quote of the day: 

 

“We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel.”

—Jean Cocteau, Le Coq et l’Arlequin

 

 

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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Tue 4 Sep 2012

Holier than thou

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Random quote of the day:

 

“It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only.”

—William Blake, in his Description of the Picture “A Vision of the Last Judgement”

 

 


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 20 Jul 2012

Lost

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

 

“The way to love anything is to realise that it might be lost.”

—G. K. Chesterton

 

 

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 9 Dec 2011

Angel logic

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Random quote of the day:

 

“If an angel were ever to tell us anything of his philosophy I believe many propositions would sound like 2 times 2 equals 13.”

—Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Aphorisms, Notebook B, 44

 

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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Thu 14 Apr 2011

An offer you can’t refuse

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

 

“There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil.  The triumph of anything is a matter of organization.  If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.”

—Kurt Vonnegut, The Sirens of Titan

 

 

 

 

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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